"λίστρον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λίστρον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lís.tron/, /ˈlis.tron/, /ˈlis.tron/, /lís.tron/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈlis.tron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈlis.tron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈlis.tron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈlis.tron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: An instrument name in -τρον (-tron) without explanation. It may belong to λίς (lís, “smooth, even”) and λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Comparisons with Lithuanian lýdyti (“to dig up, unearth”) and Latin līra (“furrow”) have been given up. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=without explanation}} without explanation, {{cog|lt|lýdyti||to dig up, unearth}} Lithuanian lýdyti (“to dig up, unearth”), {{cog|la|līra||furrow}} Latin līra (“furrow”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῐ́στρον|λῐ́στρου|n|second}} λῐ́στρον • (lĭ́stron) n (genitive λῐ́στρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῐ́στρον|ου}} Forms: λῐ́στρον [canonical], lĭ́stron [romanization], λῐ́στρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ λῐ́στρον [nominative, singular], λῐ́στρω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ λῐ́στρου [genitive, singular], λῐ́στροιν [dual, genitive], λῐ́στρων [genitive, plural], τῷ λῐ́στρῳ [dative, singular], λῐ́στροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς λῐ́στροις [dative, plural], τὸ λῐ́στρον [accusative, singular], λῐ́στρω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ [accusative, plural], λῐ́στρον [singular, vocative], λῐ́στρω [dual, vocative], λῐ́στρᾰ [plural, vocative], λίστρος [alternative]
  1. tool for levelling or smoothing, spade, shovel Derived forms: *εκλιστρώ (alt: *eklistrṓ), λιστραίνω (listraínō), λιστρεύω (listreúō), λιστρῆρες (listrêres), λίστριον (lístrion), λιστρόω (listróō), λιστρωτός (listrōtós)
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      ]
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          "alt": "*eklistrṓ",
          "word": "*εκλιστρώ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "listraínō",
          "word": "λιστραίνω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "listreúō",
          "word": "λιστρεύω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "listrêres",
          "word": "λιστρῆρες"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lístrion",
          "word": "λίστριον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "listróō",
          "word": "λιστρόω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "listrōtós",
          "word": "λιστρωτός"
        }
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          "level"
        ],
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          "spade"
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        [
          "shovel",
          "shovel"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lís.tron/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "alt": "*eklistrṓ",
      "word": "*εκλιστρώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "listraínō",
      "word": "λιστραίνω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "listreúō",
      "word": "λιστρεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "listrêres",
      "word": "λιστρῆρες"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lístrion",
      "word": "λίστριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "listróō",
      "word": "λιστρόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "listrōtós",
      "word": "λιστρωτός"
    }
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      "form": "τὸ λῐ́στρον",
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      "form": "τᾰ̀ λῐ́στρᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τοῦ λῐ́στρου",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λῐ́στροιν",
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    {
      "form": "λῐ́στρων",
      "roman": "lĭ́strōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῐ́στρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi lĭ́strōi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λῐ́στροιν",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς λῐ́στροις",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "tool for levelling or smoothing, spade, shovel"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/lís.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lís.tron/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlis.tron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λίστρον"
}

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