-τρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *-tron, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tron/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -τρον -tron |
-τρω -trō |
-τρᾰ -tra | ||||||||||
Genitive | -τρου -trou |
-τροιν -troin |
-τρων -trōn | ||||||||||
Dative | -τρῳ -trōi |
-τροιν -troin |
-τροις -trois | ||||||||||
Accusative | -τρον -tron |
-τρω -trō |
-τρᾰ -tra | ||||||||||
Vocative | -τρον -tron |
-τρω -trō |
-τρᾰ -tra | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
-θρον (πτολίεθρον, city), -τλον (χύτλον, libation), -θλον (ἄεθλον, contest), -θρη, -θλη (γενέθλη, race).
For roots ending in σ, the suffix always has τρ. Older forms in which the root does not contain a liquid or end in σ tend to use the τλ/θλ forms, but there are many exceptions, such as σκῆπτρον, scepter, and κέντρον, center.
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον
Descendants
- → English: -tron
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 842.1
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