βακτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βάκτρον

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bak. Cognates include Latin baculum and Irish bacc.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /baktɛ͜ɛrí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /bakteːríaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /βaktiría/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /vaxtiría/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /vaxtiɾía/

Noun

βακτηρία (genitive βακτηρίᾱς) f, first declension; (baktēria)

1. rod, staff, cane
2. baton

Inflection

First declension of βακτηρίᾱ, βακτηρίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βακτηρίᾱ	βακτηρίᾱ	βακτηρίαι
Genitive	βακτηρίᾱς	βακτηρίαιν	βακτηριῶν
Dative	βακτηρίᾳ	βακτηρίαιν	βακτηρίαις
Accusative	βακτηρίᾱν	βακτηρίᾱ	βακτηρίᾱς
Vocative	βακτηρίᾱ	βακτηρίᾱ	βακτηρίαι

Descendants

• Russian: бактерия (baktérija)

References

• LSJ