πλέθρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πέλεθρον (pélethron)
• βλέθρον (bléthron)

Etymology

Uncertain, but per Beekes probably a loanword.

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (qe-re-ti-jo).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plé.tʰron/ → /ˈple.θron/ → /ˈple.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plé.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈple.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈple.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈple.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈple.θron/

Noun

πλέθρον • (pléthron) n (genitive πλέθρου); second declension

1. (units of measure) a plethron (a unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes)

1. (units of measure) a plethron (a unit of area equal to 10,000 square Greek feet (podes)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλέθρον; τοῦ πλέθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλέθρον tò pléthron	τὼ πλέθρω tṑ pléthrō	τᾰ̀ πλέθρᾰ tà pléthra
Genitive	τοῦ πλέθρου toû pléthrou	τοῖν πλέθροιν toîn pléthroin	τῶν πλέθρων tôn pléthrōn
Dative	τῷ πλέθρῳ tôi pléthrōi	τοῖν πλέθροιν toîn pléthroin	τοῖς πλέθροις toîs pléthrois
Accusative	τὸ πλέθρον tò pléthron	τὼ πλέθρω tṑ pléthrō	τᾰ̀ πλέθρᾰ tà pléthra
Vocative	πλέθρον pléthron	πλέθρω pléthrō	πλέθρᾰ pléthra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: plethron

Further reading

• “πλέθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλέθρον 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.
  • acre idem, page 9.
  • yard idem, page 995.