ζετραία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *zetráia (“pot”). Possibly ultimately from the same source as χύτρα (khútra, “pot”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”)), but they could be independent developments.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zde.trǎi̯.aː/ → /zeˈtrɛ.a/ → /zeˈtre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zde.trǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zeˈtrɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zeˈtrɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zeˈtre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zeˈtre.a/

Noun

ζετραίᾱ • (zetraíā) f (genitive ζετραίᾱς); first declension

1. Thracian word for χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζετραίᾱ; τῆς ζετραίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζετραίᾱ hē zetraíā	τὼ ζετραίᾱ tṑ zetraíā	αἱ ζετραῖαι hai zetraîai
Genitive	τῆς ζετραίᾱς tês zetraíās	τοῖν ζετραίαιν toîn zetraíain	τῶν ζετραιῶν tôn zetraiôn
Dative	τῇ ζετραίᾳ têi zetraíāi	τοῖν ζετραίαιν toîn zetraíain	ταῖς ζετραίαις taîs zetraíais
Accusative	τὴν ζετραίᾱν tḕn zetraíān	τὼ ζετραίᾱ tṑ zetraíā	τᾱ̀ς ζετραίᾱς tā̀s zetraíās
Vocative	ζετραίᾱ zetraíā	ζετραίᾱ zetraíā	ζετραῖαι zetraîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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