μαθήτρια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μαθητής (mathētḗs) + -τρια (-tria)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.tʰɛ̌ː.tri.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maˈtʰe̝.tri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈθi.tri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈθi.tri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈθi.tri.a/
Noun
μᾰθήτρῐᾰ • (măthḗtrĭă) f (genitive μᾰθητρίᾱς); first declension
- (female) pupil, student, schoolgirl
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰθήτρῐᾰ hē măthḗtrĭă |
τὼ μᾰθητρῐ́ᾱ tṑ măthētrĭ́ā |
αἱ μᾰθήτρῐαι hai măthḗtrĭai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰθητρῐ́ᾱς tês măthētrĭ́ās |
τοῖν μᾰθητρῐ́αιν toîn măthētrĭ́ain |
τῶν μᾰθητρῐῶν tôn măthētrĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰθητρῐ́ᾳ tēî măthētrĭ́āi |
τοῖν μᾰθητρῐ́αιν toîn măthētrĭ́ain |
ταῖς μᾰθητρῐ́αις taîs măthētrĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰθήτρῐᾰν tḕn măthḗtrĭăn |
τὼ μᾰθητρῐ́ᾱ tṑ măthētrĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰθητρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s măthētrĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰθήτρῐᾰ măthḗtrĭă |
μᾰθητρῐ́ᾱ măthētrĭ́ā |
μᾰθήτρῐαι măthḗtrĭai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- συμμαθήτρια (summathḗtria)
Further reading
- “μαθήτρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαθήτρια in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn, to hear, to know”).
Noun
μαθήτρια • (mathítria) f (plural μαθήτριες, masculine μαθητής)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μαθήτρια (mathítria) | μαθήτριες (mathítries) |
| genitive | μαθήτριας (mathítrias) | μαθητριών (mathitrión) |
| accusative | μαθήτρια (mathítria) | μαθήτριες (mathítries) |
| vocative | μαθήτρια (mathítria) | μαθήτριες (mathítries) |
Related terms
- see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)