καμπτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend, turn”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kamp.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kampˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kampˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kampˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kampˈtir/
Noun
καμπτήρ • (kamptḗr) m (genitive καμπτῆρος); third declension
- bend, angle
- (athletics) turning point in the diaulos, goal
- (Byzantine) censer (container for burning incense)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰμπτήρ ho kămptḗr |
τὼ κᾰμπτῆρε tṑ kămptêre |
οἱ κᾰμπτῆρες hoi kămptêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰμπτῆρος toû kămptêros |
τοῖν κᾰμπτήροιν toîn kămptḗroin |
τῶν κᾰμπτήρων tôn kămptḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰμπτῆρῐ tōî kămptêrĭ |
τοῖν κᾰμπτήροιν toîn kămptḗroin |
τοῖς κᾰμπτῆρσῐ / κᾰμπτῆρσῐν toîs kămptêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰμπτῆρᾰ tòn kămptêră |
τὼ κᾰμπτῆρε tṑ kămptêre |
τοὺς κᾰμπτῆρᾰς toùs kămptêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰμπτήρ kămptḗr |
κᾰμπτῆρε kămptêre |
κᾰμπτῆρες kămptêres | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰμπτήρ ho kămptḗr |
τὼ κᾰμπτῆρε tṑ kămptêre |
οἱ κᾰμπτῆρες hoi kămptêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰμπτῆρος toû kămptêros |
τοῖν κᾰμπτήροιν toîn kămptḗroin |
τῶν κᾰμπτήρων tôn kămptḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰμπτῆρῐ tōî kămptêrĭ |
τοῖν κᾰμπτήροιν toîn kămptḗroin |
τοῖς κᾰμπτῆρσῐ / κᾰμπτῆρσῐν toîs kămptêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰμπτῆρᾰ tòn kămptêră |
τὼ κᾰμπτῆρε tṑ kămptêre |
τοὺς κᾰμπτῆρᾰς toùs kămptêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰμπτήρ kămptḗr |
κᾰμπτῆρε kămptêre |
κᾰμπτῆρες kămptêres | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- Greek: καμπτήρας (kamptíras)
- → Latin: camptēr
Further reading
- καμπτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καμπτήρ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- καμπτήρ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “καμπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καμπτήρ in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.