ἕλκηθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”) +‎ -θρον (-thron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hél.kɛː.tʰron/ → /ˈel.ci.θron/ → /ˈel.ci.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hél.kɛː.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)el.ke̝.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.ci.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.ci.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈel.ci.θron/

Noun

ἕλκηθρον • (hélkēthron) n (genitive ἑλκήθρου); second declension

1. stock of the plough

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἕλκηθρον; τοῦ ἑλκήθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἕλκηθρον tò hélkēthron	τὼ ἑλκήθρω tṑ helkḗthrō	τᾰ̀ ἕλκηθρᾰ tằ hélkēthră
Genitive	τοῦ ἑλκήθρου toû helkḗthrou	τοῖν ἑλκήθροιν toîn helkḗthroin	τῶν ἑλκήθρων tôn helkḗthrōn
Dative	τῷ ἑλκήθρῳ tôi helkḗthrōi	τοῖν ἑλκήθροιν toîn helkḗthroin	τοῖς ἑλκήθροις toîs helkḗthrois
Accusative	τὸ ἕλκηθρον tò hélkēthron	τὼ ἑλκήθρω tṑ helkḗthrō	τᾰ̀ ἕλκηθρᾰ tằ hélkēthră
Vocative	ἕλκηθρον hélkēthron	ἑλκήθρω helkḗthrō	ἕλκηθρᾰ hélkēthră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἕλκηθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἕλκηθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕλκηθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)