ἀντλητήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀντλέω (antléō, “to bale out bilge-water”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tlɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.tle̝ˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.tliˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.tliˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.dliˈtir/
Noun
ἀντλητήρ • (antlētḗr) m (genitive ἀντλητῆρος); third declension
- one who draws water
- bailer, used for removing water which has entered a boat
- ladle
- Synonym: κύαθος (kúathos)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀντλητήρ ho antlētḗr |
τὼ ἀντλητῆρε tṑ antlētêre |
οἱ ἀντλητῆρες hoi antlētêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀντλητῆρος toû antlētêros |
τοῖν ἀντλητήροιν toîn antlētḗroin |
τῶν ἀντλητήρων tôn antlētḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀντλητῆρῐ tōî antlētêrĭ |
τοῖν ἀντλητήροιν toîn antlētḗroin |
τοῖς ἀντλητῆρσῐ / ἀντλητῆρσῐν toîs antlētêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀντλητῆρᾰ tòn antlētêră |
τὼ ἀντλητῆρε tṑ antlētêre |
τοὺς ἀντλητῆρᾰς toùs antlētêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀντλητήρ antlētḗr |
ἀντλητῆρε antlētêre |
ἀντλητῆρες antlētêres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀντλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀντλητήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀντλητήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)