κολαστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολάζω (kolázō, “to chastise, punish”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.las.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/ → /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.las.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.lasˈti.ri.on/

Noun

κολᾰστήρῐον • (kolastḗrion) n (genitive κολᾰστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. house of correction
2. instrument of correction

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον; τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolastḗrion	τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolastēríō	τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tà kolastḗria
Genitive	τοῦ κολᾰστηρῐ́ου toû kolastēríou	τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolastēríoin	τῶν κολᾰστηρῐ́ων tôn kolastēríōn
Dative	τῷ κολᾰστηρῐ́ῳ tôi kolastēríōi	τοῖν κολᾰστηρῐ́οιν toîn kolastēríoin	τοῖς κολᾰστηρῐ́οις toîs kolastēríois
Accusative	τὸ κολᾰστήρῐον tò kolastḗrion	τὼ κολᾰστηρῐ́ω tṑ kolastēríō	τᾰ̀ κολᾰστήρῐᾰ tà kolastḗria
Vocative	κολᾰστήρῐον kolastḗrion	κολᾰστηρῐ́ω kolastēríō	κολᾰστήρῐᾰ kolastḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κολαστήριο (kolastírio)

Further reading

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