θραύστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θραύω (thraúō) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/ → /ˈθraɸs.tis/ → /ˈθrafs.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrǎu̯s.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰraʍs.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθraɸs.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθrafs.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθrafs.tis/

Noun

θραύστης • (thraústēs) m (genitive θραύστου); first declension

1. one who breaks or crushes
   • POxy. 868.2

Declension

First declension of ὁ θραύστης; τοῦ θραύστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θραύστης ho thraústēs	τὼ θραύστᾱ tṑ thraústā	οἱ θραῦσται hoi thraûstai
Genitive	τοῦ θραύστου toû thraústou	τοῖν θραύσταιν toîn thraústain	τῶν θραυστῶν tôn thraustôn
Dative	τῷ θραύστῃ tôi thraústēi	τοῖν θραύσταιν toîn thraústain	τοῖς θραύσταις toîs thraústais
Accusative	τὸν θραύστην tòn thraústēn	τὼ θραύστᾱ tṑ thraústā	τοὺς θραύστᾱς toùs thraústās
Vocative	θραῦστᾰ thraûsta	θραύστᾱ thraústā	θραῦσται thraûstai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κοκκοθραύστης (kokkothraústēs)

Descendants

• Greek: θραύστης (thráfstis)

References

• “θραύστης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

---

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θραύστης (thraústēs)

Noun

θραύστης • (thráfstis) m (plural θραύστες)

1. breaker, splitter, cracker

Declension

Declension of θραύστης

	singular	plural
nominative	θραύστης •	θραύστες •
genitive	θραύστη •	θραυστών •
accusative	θραύστη •	θραύστες •
vocative	θραύστη •	θραύστες •

Related terms

• θραύσμα n (thráfsma, “shard, piece”)