θύρετρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύρα (thúra, “door”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰý.re.tra/ → /ˈθy.re.tra/ → /ˈθi.re.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰý.re.tra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.re.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.re.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.re.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.re.tra/

Noun

θῠ́ρετρᾰ • (thúretra) n pl (genitive θῠρέτρων); second declension

1. wings of a door, door
2. doorcase, doorframe

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ θῠ́ρετρᾰ; τῶν θῠρέτρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ θῠ́ρετρᾰ tà thúretra
Genitive	τῶν θῠρέτρων tôn thurétrōn
Dative	τοῖς θῠρέτροις toîs thurétrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ θῠ́ρετρᾰ tà thúretra
Vocative	θῠ́ρετρᾰ thúretra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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