νίτρον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Semitic. Compare Hebrew נֶתֶר (néṯer, “washing soda”), all ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj:

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

νῐ́τρον • (nítron) n (genitive νῐ́τρου); second declension

  1. sodium carbonate or sodium nitrate (or perhaps mineral potassium nitrate), which were not distinguished in Europe until the 13th century

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νῐ́τρον; τοῦ νῐ́τρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νῐ́τρον
tò nítron 		τὼ νῐ́τρω
tṑ nítrō 		τᾰ̀ νῐ́τρᾰ
tà nítra
Genitive τοῦ νῐ́τρου
toû nítrou 		τοῖν νῐ́τροιν
toîn nítroin 		τῶν νῐ́τρων
tôn nítrōn
Dative τῷ νῐ́τρῳ
tôi nítrōi 		τοῖν νῐ́τροιν
toîn nítroin 		τοῖς νῐ́τροις
toîs nítrois
Accusative τὸ νῐ́τρον
tò nítron 		τὼ νῐ́τρω
tṑ nítrō 		τᾰ̀ νῐ́τρᾰ
tà nítra
Vocative νῐ́τρον
nítron 		νῐ́τρω
nítrō 		νῐ́τρᾰ
nítra
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