κολυμβήθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) +‎ -ήθρα (-ḗthra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.lym.bɛ̌ː.tʰra/ → /ko.lymˈbi.θra/ → /ko.limˈbi.θra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lym.bɛ̌ː.tʰra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbe̝.tʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbi.θra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbi.θra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.limˈbi.θra/

Noun

κολῠμβήθρᾰ • (kolumbḗthra) f (genitive κολῠμβήθρᾱς); first declension

1. place for diving, swimming bath, swimming pool
2. wine-vat, tun
3. reservoir, cistern
4. baptismal font

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ; τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ hē kolumbêthra	τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ tṑ kolumbḗthrā	αἱ κολῠμβῆθραι hai kolumbêthrai
Genitive	τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς tês kolumbḗthrās	τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν toîn kolumbḗthrain	τῶν κολῠμβηθρῶν tôn kolumbēthrôn
Dative	τῇ κολῠμβήθρᾳ têi kolumbḗthrāi	τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν toîn kolumbḗthrain	ταῖς κολῠμβήθραις taîs kolumbḗthrais
Accusative	τὴν κολῠμβῆθρᾰν tḕn kolumbêthran	τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ tṑ kolumbḗthrā	τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβήθρᾱς tā̀s kolumbḗthrās
Vocative	κολῠμβῆθρᾰ kolumbêthra	κολῠμβήθρᾱ kolumbḗthrā	κολῠμβῆθραι kolumbêthrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κολυμπήθρα (kolympíthra)

Further reading

• “κολυμβήθρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κολυμβήθρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette