κολυμβήθρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) +‎ -ήθρα (-ḗthra).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κολῠμβήθρᾰ • (kolumbḗthra) f (genitive κολῠμβήθρᾱς); first declension

  1. place for diving, swimming bath, swimming pool
  2. wine-vat, tun
  3. reservoir, cistern
  4. baptismal font

Inflection
First declension of ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ; τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
hē kolumbêthra		 τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolumbḗthrā		 αἱ κολῠμβῆθραι
hai kolumbêthrai
Genitive τῆς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tês kolumbḗthrās		 τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolumbḗthrain		 τῶν κολῠμβηθρῶν
tôn kolumbēthrôn
Dative τῇ κολῠμβήθρᾳ
têi kolumbḗthrāi		 τοῖν κολῠμβήθραιν
toîn kolumbḗthrain		 ταῖς κολῠμβήθραις
taîs kolumbḗthrais
Accusative τὴν κολῠμβῆθρᾰν
tḕn kolumbêthran		 τὼ κολῠμβήθρᾱ
tṑ kolumbḗthrā		 τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβήθρᾱς
tā̀s kolumbḗthrās
Vocative κολῠμβῆθρᾰ
kolumbêthra		 κολῠμβήθρᾱ
kolumbḗthrā		 κολῠμβῆθραι
kolumbêthrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: κολυμπήθρα (kolympíthra)

Further reading
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