μάκτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) +‎ -τρα (-tra).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μάκτρα • (máktra) f (genitive μάκτρᾱς); first declension

  1. kneading trough
    Synonym: κάρδοπος (kárdopos)
  2. bathing tub
  3. mortar for pounding drugs

Inflection
First declension of ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ; τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰ́κτρᾰ
hē máktra		 τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ
tṑ máktrā		 αἱ μᾰ́κτραι
hai máktrai
Genitive τῆς μᾰ́κτρᾱς
tês máktrās		 τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν
toîn máktrain		 τῶν μᾰκτρῶν
tôn maktrôn
Dative τῇ μᾰ́κτρᾳ
têi máktrāi		 τοῖν μᾰ́κτραιν
toîn máktrain		 ταῖς μᾰ́κτραις
taîs máktrais
Accusative τὴν μᾰ́κτρᾰν
tḕn máktran		 τὼ μᾰ́κτρᾱ
tṑ máktrā		 τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́κτρᾱς
tā̀s máktrās
Vocative μᾰ́κτρᾰ
máktra		 μᾰ́κτρᾱ
máktrā		 μᾰ́κτραι
máktrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Armenian: մակտրա (maktra)
  • → Latin: mactra

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