δέρτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dér.tron/ → /ˈðer.tron/ → /ˈðer.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dér.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈder.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðer.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðer.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðer.tron/

Noun

δέρτρον • (dértron) n (genitive δέρτρου); second declension

1. omentum, membrane which contains the bowels

   Synonym: ἐπῐ́πλοον (epíploon)

2. vulture's beak, sharp point

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δέρτρον; τοῦ δέρτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέρτρον tò dértron	τὼ δέρτρω tṑ dértrō	τᾰ̀ δέρτρᾰ tà dértra
Genitive	τοῦ δέρτρου toû dértrou	τοῖν δέρτροιν toîn dértroin	τῶν δέρτρων tôn dértrōn
Dative	τῷ δέρτρῳ tôi dértrōi	τοῖν δέρτροιν toîn dértroin	τοῖς δέρτροις toîs dértrois
Accusative	τὸ δέρτρον tò dértron	τὼ δέρτρω tṑ dértrō	τᾰ̀ δέρτρᾰ tà dértra
Vocative	δέρτρον dértron	δέρτρω dértrō	δέρτρᾰ dértra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δέρτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέρτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δέρτρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέρτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέρτρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέρτρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)