ἀμάρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.má.raː/ → /aˈma.ra/ → /aˈma.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.má.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/

Noun

ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ • (āmárā) f (genitive ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative form of ἡμέρα (hēméra)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ hē āmárā	τὼ ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ āmárā	αἱ ἀ̄μᾰ́ραι hai āmárai
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱς tês āmárās	τοῖν ἀ̄μᾰ́ραιν toîn āmárain	τῶν ἀ̄μᾰρῶν tôn āmarôn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾳ têi āmárāi	τοῖν ἀ̄μᾰ́ραιν toîn āmárain	ταῖς ἀ̄μᾰ́ραις taîs āmárais
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn āmárān	τὼ ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ āmárā	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s āmárās
Vocative	ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ āmárā	ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ āmárā	ἀ̄μᾰ́ραι āmárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Formerly connected with ἄμη (ámē, “shovel”) in the meaning of "digging out", which is improbable. Others considered a relationship with Hittite [script needed] (amii̯ar-, “canal”), but note that the words only have initial am- in common. The word could belong to the Greek-Anatolian substrate. A third option is connection with Albanian amë (“riverbed, source”) and river names like Amantia, Amana, Amara. According to Beekes, this comparison is formally better than that with Hittite.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.raː/ → /aˈma.ra/ → /aˈma.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.má.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra/

Noun

ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ • (amárā) f (genitive ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. trench, conduit, channel, for watering meadows
2. hollow of the ear

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ hē amárā	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ amárā	αἱ ἀμᾰ́ραι hai amárai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς tês amárās	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́ραιν toîn amárain	τῶν ἀμᾰρῶν tôn amarôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμᾰ́ρᾳ têi amárāi	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́ραιν toîn amárain	ταῖς ἀμᾰ́ραις taîs amárais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn amárān	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ amárā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s amárās
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ amárā	ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ amárā	ἀμᾰ́ραι amárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμάρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN