ἀρητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀράομαι (aráomai, “I pray”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, masculine agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /a.riˈtir/ → /a.riˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.re̝ˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.riˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.riˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.riˈtir/

Noun

ἀρητήρ • (arētḗr) m (genitive ἀρητῆρος); third declension

1. a priest

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀρητήρ; τοῦ ἀρητῆρος (Attic)

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 tôi arētêri	τοῖν ἀρητήροιν toîn arētḗroin	τοῖς ἀρητῆρσῐ / ἀρητῆρσῐν toîs arētêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀρητῆρᾰ tòn arētêra	τὼ ἀρητῆρε tṑ arētêre	τοὺς ἀρητῆρᾰς toùs arētêras
Vocative	ἀρητήρ arētḗr	ἀρητῆρε arētêre	ἀρητῆρες arētêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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