κλεψύδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κλεψῠ́δρη (klepsúdrē) – Ionic

Etymology

From κλέπτω (kléptō, “steal”) +‎ ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), literally water thief.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κλεψῠ́δρᾱ • (klepsúdrā) f (genitive κλεψῠ́δρᾱς); first declension

  1. pipette
  2. water clock; clepsydra. The ancient form was similar to the pipette.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ; τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ
hē klepsúdrā		 τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ
tṑ klepsúdrā		 αἱ κλεψῠ́δραι
hai klepsúdrai
Genitive τῆς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς
tês klepsúdrās		 τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν
toîn klepsúdrain		 τῶν κλεψῠδρῶν
tôn klepsudrôn
Dative τῇ κλεψῠ́δρᾳ
têi klepsúdrāi		 τοῖν κλεψῠ́δραιν
toîn klepsúdrain		 ταῖς κλεψῠ́δραις
taîs klepsúdrais
Accusative τὴν κλεψῠ́δρᾱν
tḕn klepsúdrān		 τὼ κλεψῠ́δρᾱ
tṑ klepsúdrā		 τᾱ̀ς κλεψῠ́δρᾱς
tā̀s klepsúdrās
Vocative κλεψῠ́δρᾱ
klepsúdrā		 κλεψῠ́δρᾱ
klepsúdrā		 κλεψῠ́δραι
klepsúdrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra).

Noun

κλεψύδρα • (klepsýdra) f

  1. hourglass

Declension
declension of κλεψύδρα
singular plural
nominative κλεψύδρα • κλεψύδρες •
genitive κλεψύδρας • κλεψυδρών •
accusative κλεψύδρα • κλεψύδρες •
vocative κλεψύδρα • κλεψύδρες •

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