λίστρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λίστρος (lístros)

Etymology

From a root *λις (*lis) of uncertain interpretation and origin + the instrumental suffix -τρον (-tron). The root *λις (*lis) may be related to λίς (lís, “smooth, even”) and λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Probably not related to Latvian lîst (“to clear woodland”), Lithuanian lýdyti (“to dig up, unearth”), or Latin līra (“furrow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.tron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tron/

Noun

λῐ́στρον • (lĭ́stron) n (genitive λῐ́στρου); second declension

tool for levelling or smoothing, spade, shovel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λῐ́στρον; τοῦ λῐ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῐ́στρον tò lĭ́stron	τὼ λῐ́στρω tṑ lĭ́strō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ tằ lĭ́stră
Genitive	τοῦ λῐ́στρου toû lĭ́strou	τοῖν λῐ́στροιν toîn lĭ́stroin	τῶν λῐ́στρων tôn lĭ́strōn
Dative	τῷ λῐ́στρῳ tōî lĭ́strōi	τοῖν λῐ́στροιν toîn lĭ́stroin	τοῖς λῐ́στροις toîs lĭ́strois
Accusative	τὸ λῐ́στρον tò lĭ́stron	τὼ λῐ́στρω tṑ lĭ́strō	τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ tằ lĭ́stră
Vocative	λῐ́στρον lĭ́stron	λῐ́στρω lĭ́strō	λῐ́στρᾰ lĭ́stră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐκλιστράω (eklistráō)
λιστραίνω (listraínō)
λιστρεύω (listreúō)
λιστρῆρες (listrêres)
λίστριον (lístrion)
λιστρόω (listróō)
λιστρωτός (listrōtós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λίστρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 866

“λίστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λίστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“λίστρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
λίστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λίστρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
λίστρον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λίστρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 866

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