Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βάκτρον ‎(báktron)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /βaktiría/

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

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

Noun

βακτηρία • ‎(baktēría) f ‎(genitive βακτηρίᾱς); first declension

1. rod, staff, cane

   Ὃς φείδεται τῆς βακτηρίας μισεῖ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν ἐπιμελῶς παιδεύει.‎

   Hòs pheídetai tês baktērías miseî tòn huiòn autoû, ho dè agapôn epimelôs paideúei.

   He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

2. baton

Inflection

Descendants

• Russian: бактерия ‎(baktérija)

References

• βακτηρία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βακτηρία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «βακτηρία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βακτηρία» 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.
  • cane idem, page 110.
  • crook idem, page 185.
  • crutch idem, page 187.
  • rod idem, page 720.
  • staff idem, page 808.
  • stick idem, page 816.
  • walking stick idem, page 960.