ὀρχήστρα

See also: ορχήστρα

Ancient Greek

From ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”) +‎ -τρᾰ (-tra, “a suffix used to form instrument nouns (pl.)”).

ὀρχήστρᾱ • (orkhḗstrā) f (genitive ὀρχήστρᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ; τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀρχήστρᾱ hē orkhḗstrā	τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ tṑ orkhḗstrā	αἱ ὀρχῆστραι hai orkhêstrai
Genitive	τῆς ὀρχήστρᾱς tês orkhḗstrās	τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν toîn orkhḗstrain	τῶν ὀρχηστρῶν tôn orkhēstrôn
Dative	τῇ ὀρχήστρᾳ têi orkhḗstrāi	τοῖν ὀρχήστραιν toîn orkhḗstrain	ταῖς ὀρχήστραις taîs orkhḗstrais
Accusative	τὴν ὀρχήστρᾱν tḕn orkhḗstrān	τὼ ὀρχήστρᾱ tṑ orkhḗstrā	τᾱ̀ς ὀρχήστρᾱς tā̀s orkhḗstrās
Vocative	ὀρχήστρᾱ orkhḗstrā	ὀρχήστρᾱ orkhḗstrā	ὀρχῆστραι orkhêstrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.