καλύπτρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰλῠ́πτρη (kalúptrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lýp.traː/ → /kaˈlyp.tra/ → /kaˈlip.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lýp.traː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈlip.tra/

Noun

κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ • (kalúptrā) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς); first declension

1. veil, headdress
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.406
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.232
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Parmenides, On Nature 1.10
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 537
   • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 122
   • 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 18
   1. bride’s veil
      • Euph. 107.4
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 811
2. land given to queens as “veil-money” (money given to Oriental queens for their small expenses. See also ζώνη (zṓnē))
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Alc. 1.123c
   • 117 CE – 181 CE, Aelius Aristides, Orations 19.4
3. cover, lid
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.64
4. seed capsule
   • Geoponica 11.11.2

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ; τῆς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ hē kalúptrā	τὼ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ tṑ kalúptrā	αἱ κᾰλῠ́πτραι hai kalúptrai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς tês kalúptrās	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́πτραιν toîn kalúptrain	τῶν κᾰλῠπτρῶν tôn kaluptrôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾳ têi kalúptrāi	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́πτραιν toîn kalúptrain	ταῖς κᾰλῠ́πτραις taîs kalúptrais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱν tḕn kalúptrān	τὼ κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ tṑ kalúptrā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱς tā̀s kalúptrās
Vocative	κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ kalúptrā	κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ kalúptrā	κᾰλῠ́πτραι kalúptrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: calyptra
• Greek: καλύπτρα (kalýptra)

References

• “καλύπτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλύπτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Greek

Noun

καλύπτρα • (kalýptra) f (plural καλύπτρες)

1. veil, cover
2. (botany) root cap

Declension

Declension of καλύπτρα

	singular	plural
nominative	καλύπτρα •	καλύπτρες •
genitive	καλύπτρας •	καλυπτρών •
accusative	καλύπτρα •	καλύπτρες •
vocative	καλύπτρα •	καλύπτρες •

Related terms

• καλύπτω (kalýpto, “to cover, to conceal”)
• καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)