φέρετρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φέρετρον • (phéretron) n (genitive φερέτρου); second declension

  1. bier
  2. litter
  3. frame

Declension
Second declension of τὸ φέρετρον; τοῦ φερέτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φέρετρον
tò phéretron		 τὼ φερέτρω
tṑ pherétrō		 τᾰ̀ φέρετρᾰ
tà phéretra
Genitive τοῦ φερέτρου
toû pherétrou		 τοῖν φερέτροιν
toîn pherétroin		 τῶν φερέτρων
tôn pherétrōn
Dative τῷ φερέτρῳ
tôi pherétrōi		 τοῖν φερέτροιν
toîn pherétroin		 τοῖς φερέτροις
toîs pherétrois
Accusative τὸ φέρετρον
tò phéretron		 τὼ φερέτρω
tṑ pherétrō		 τᾰ̀ φέρετρᾰ
tà phéretra
Vocative φέρετρον
phéretron		 φερέτρω
pherétrō		 φέρετρᾰ
phéretra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: φέρετρο (féretro)
  • → Latin: feretrum
    • Old French: fiertre (“large portable reliquary”)
      • Middle French: fiertre
      • → Old Irish: fert (“grave”)
      • → Middle Breton: fyertr (“bier”)
      • → Middle Dutch: fiertre (“reliquary”)
    • Old Italian: freto, fredo (Old Pavese)
    • → Catalan: fèretre
    • → Italian: feretro
    • → Polish: feretron
    • → Portuguese: féretro
    • → Spanish: féretro

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