Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /élytron/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /élytron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /élitɾon/

Noun

ἔλυτρον • ‎(élutron) n ‎(genitive ἐλύτρου); second declension

1. cover, case
2. sheath
3. cistern, reservoir

Inflection

References

• ἔλυτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλυτρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἔλυτρον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἔλυτρον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • cover idem, page 180.
  • husk idem, page 412.
  • shell idem, page 764.