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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">alder, Alnus glutinosa</b> (Od., Thphr.).<br />Other forms: ion. <b class="b3">-ρη</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κλήθρινος</b> <b class="b2">of alder</b> (Ath. Mech.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Has been connected with NHG dial. [[lutter]], [[ludere]], [[ludern]] <b class="b2">Alpenerle, Betula nana</b> as IE. <b class="b2">*klādhrā</b>. Cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 259, where also on other IE. names of the alder. Unclear to me.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">alder, Alnus glutinosa</b> (Od., Thphr.).<br />Other forms: ion. <b class="b3">-ρη</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κλήθρινος</b> <b class="b2">of alder</b> (Ath. Mech.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Has been connected with NHG dial. [[lutter]], [[ludere]], [[ludern]] <b class="b2">Alpenerle, Betula nana</b> as IE. <b class="b2">*klādhrā</b>. Cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 259, where also on other IE. names of the alder. Unclear to me.
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|mdlsjtxt=<br />the alder, prob. [[alnus]], [[still]] called κλέθρα in [[Greece]], Od.
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Transliteration A: klḗthra Transliteration B: klēthra Transliteration C: klithra Beta Code: klh/qra

English (LSJ)

Ion. κλήθ-ρη, ἡ,

   A alder, Alnus glutinosa, Od.5.64, 239, Thphr. HP1.4.3, 3.3.1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1450] ἡ, ion. κλήθρη, die Erle, Eller, Else; Od. 5, 239; Theophr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κλήθρα: Ἰων -ρη, ἡ, εἶδος δένδρου παρυδατίου, ὅπερ νῦν καλεῖται «σκλῆθρος» ἢ «κλέθρα», Ὀδ. Ε. 64, 239, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 1. 4, 3., 3. 3, 1.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
aune, arbre.
Étymologie: DELG -.

Greek Monolingual

και σκλήθρα και κλέθρα, η, και σκλήθρος, ο (Α κλήθρα και ιων. τ. κλήθρη)
νεοελλ.
βοτ. το φυτό σκλήθρο
αρχ.
ονομασία του γένους άλνος («κλήθρη τ' αἴγειρός τε καὶ εὐώδης κυπάρισσος», Ομ. Οδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. συνδέεται πιθ. με νέο άνω γερμ. (διαλεκτ. τ.) lutter, ludere, ludern «κλήθρα τών Άλπεων» και προέρχεται από τον ΙΕ τ. klādhrā «κλήθρα»].

Greek Monotonic

κλήθρα: Ιων. -ρη, , είδος θάμνου από τον οποίο πήρε το όνομά της σήμερα η σκλήθρα, πιθ. alnus, και αποκαλείται ακόμα κλέθρα, σε Ομήρ. Οδ.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κλήθρα -ας, ἡ els (boom).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: alder, Alnus glutinosa (Od., Thphr.).
Other forms: ion. -ρη
Derivatives: κλήθρινος of alder (Ath. Mech.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Has been connected with NHG dial. lutter, ludere, ludern Alpenerle, Betula nana as IE. *klādhrā. Cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 259, where also on other IE. names of the alder. Unclear to me.

Middle Liddell


the alder, prob. alnus, still called κλέθρα in Greece, Od.