ἀρητήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀράομαι (aráomai, “I pray”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, masculine agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.rɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.re̝ˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.riˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.riˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.riˈtir/
Noun
ἀρητήρ • (arētḗr) m (genitive ἀρητῆρος); third declension
- a priest
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀρητήρ ho arētḗr |
τὼ ἀρητῆρε tṑ arētêre |
οἱ ἀρητῆρες hoi arētêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀρητῆρος toû arētêros |
τοῖν ἀρητήροιν toîn arētḗroin |
τῶν ἀρητήρων tôn arētḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀρητῆρῐ tōî arētêrĭ |
τοῖν ἀρητήροιν toîn arētḗroin |
τοῖς ἀρητῆρσῐ / ἀρητῆρσῐν toîs arētêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀρητῆρᾰ tòn arētêră |
τὼ ἀρητῆρε tṑ arētêre |
τοὺς ἀρητῆρᾰς toùs arētêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρητήρ arētḗr |
ἀρητῆρε arētêre |
ἀρητῆρες arētêres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀρητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀρητήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀρητήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette