δεσμωτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεσμόω (desmóō, “to bind”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dez.mɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/ → /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dez.mɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dez.moˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðez.moˈti.ri.on/

Noun

δεσμωτήρῐον • (desmōtḗrĭon) n (genitive δεσμωτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. prison, jail

   Synonyms: ἄπαστον (ápaston), εἱργμός (heirgmós), εἱρκτή (heirktḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον; τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrĭon	τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tằ desmōtḗrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ δεσμωτηρῐ́ου toû desmōtērĭ́ou	τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtērĭ́oin	τῶν δεσμωτηρῐ́ων tôn desmōtērĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ δεσμωτηρῐ́ῳ tōî desmōtērĭ́ōi	τοῖν δεσμωτηρῐ́οιν toîn desmōtērĭ́oin	τοῖς δεσμωτηρῐ́οις toîs desmōtērĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ δεσμωτήρῐον tò desmōtḗrĭon	τὼ δεσμωτηρῐ́ω tṑ desmōtērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δεσμωτήρῐᾰ tằ desmōtḗrĭă
Vocative	δεσμωτήρῐον desmōtḗrĭon	δεσμωτηρῐ́ω desmōtērĭ́ō	δεσμωτήρῐᾰ desmōtḗrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δεσμωτήριο (desmotírio)

Further reading

• “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δεσμωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δεσμωτήριον” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “δεσμωτήριον” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confinement idem, page 158.
  • custody idem, page 191.
  • dungeon idem, page 256.
  • gaol idem, page 353.
  • jail idem, page 461.
  • prison idem, page 642.