παρακλαυσίθυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰκλαίω (paraklaíō, “weep beside, whine beside”) +‎ θῠ́ρᾱ (thúrā, “door”) +‎ -ον (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klau̯.sí.tʰy.ron/ → /pa.ra.klaɸˈsi.θy.ron/ → /pa.ra.klafˈsi.θi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klau̯.sí.tʰy.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klaʍˈsi.tʰy.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klaɸˈsi.θy.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klafˈsi.θy.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.klafˈsi.θi.ron/

Noun

πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον • (paraklausíthuron) n (genitive πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρου); second declension

1. lover’s complaint sung at his mistress’s door, serenade
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.753b
2. paraklausithyron

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον; τοῦ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον tò paraklausíthuron	τὼ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω tṑ paraklausithúrō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ tà paraklausíthura
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρου toû paraklausithúrou	τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροιν toîn paraklausithúroin	τῶν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρων tôn paraklausithúrōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρῳ tôi paraklausithúrōi	τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροιν toîn paraklausithúroin	τοῖς πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ροις toîs paraklausithúrois
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον tò paraklausíthuron	τὼ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω tṑ paraklausithúrō	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ tà paraklausíthura
Vocative	πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρον paraklausíthuron	πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐθῠ́ρω paraklausithúrō	πᾰρᾰκλαυσῐ́θῠρᾰ paraklausíthura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: paraklausithyron

Further reading

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