σπάλαθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σκάλευθρον (skáleuthron), σπάλαυθρον (spálauthron)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.la.tʰron/ → /ˈspa.la.θron/ → /ˈspa.la.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.la.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.la.θron/

Noun

σπᾰ́λᾰθρον • (spálathron) n (genitive σπᾰλᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. oven rake

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον; τοῦ σπᾰλᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον tò spálathron	τὼ σπᾰλᾰ́θρω tṑ spaláthrō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ tà spálathra
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰλᾰ́θρου toû spaláthrou	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́θροιν toîn spaláthroin	τῶν σπᾰλᾰ́θρων tôn spaláthrōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰλᾰ́θρῳ tôi spaláthrōi	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́θροιν toîn spaláthroin	τοῖς σπᾰλᾰ́θροις toîs spaláthrois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰ́λᾰθρον tò spálathron	τὼ σπᾰλᾰ́θρω tṑ spaláthrō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ tà spálathra
Vocative	σπᾰ́λᾰθρον spálathron	σπᾰλᾰ́θρω spaláthrō	σπᾰ́λᾰθρᾰ spálathra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σπάλαθρα (Spálathra)

Further reading

• “σπάλαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN