βάραθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • βέθρον (béthron)
  • βέρεθρον (bérethron) – Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). Compare Latin vorāgō.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βᾰ́ρᾰθρον • (bárathron) n (genitive βᾰρᾰ́θρου); second declension

  1. gulf, cleft, pit (especially one at Athens behind the acropolis into which criminals were thrown)
  2. ruin, perdition
  3. glutton, spendthrift

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον; τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́θρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
tò bárathron		 τὼ βᾰρᾰ́θρω
tṑ baráthrō		 τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
tà bárathra
Genitive τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́θρου
toû baráthrou		 τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́θροιν
toîn baráthroin		 τῶν βᾰρᾰ́θρων
tôn baráthrōn
Dative τῷ βᾰρᾰ́θρῳ
tôi baráthrōi		 τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́θροιν
toîn baráthroin		 τοῖς βᾰρᾰ́θροις
toîs baráthrois
Accusative τὸ βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
tò bárathron		 τὼ βᾰρᾰ́θρω
tṑ baráthrō		 τᾰ̀ βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
tà bárathra
Vocative βᾰ́ρᾰθρον
bárathron		 βᾰρᾰ́θρω
baráthrō		 βᾰ́ρᾰθρᾰ
bárathra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: βάραθρο (várathro)
  • Latin: barathrum

Further reading
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