βοτήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βωτήρ (bōtḗr)

Etymology

Nomen agentis from (the root of) βόσκω (bóskō) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βοτήρ • (botḗr) m (genitive βοτῆρος, feminine βότειρᾰ); third declension

  1. herdsman
  2. (of a herdsman’s dog) hunting
  3. soothsayer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ βοτήρ; τοῦ βοτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βοτήρ
ho botḗr 		τὼ βοτῆρε
tṑ botêre 		οἱ βοτῆρες
hoi botêres
Genitive τοῦ βοτῆρος
toû botêros 		τοῖν βοτήροιν
toîn botḗroin 		τῶν βοτήρων
tôn botḗrōn
Dative τῷ βοτῆρῐ
tōî botêrĭ 		τοῖν βοτήροιν
toîn botḗroin 		τοῖς βοτῆρσῐ / βοτῆρσῐν
toîs botêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν βοτῆρᾰ
tòn botêră 		τὼ βοτῆρε
tṑ botêre 		τοὺς βοτῆρᾰς
toùs botêrăs
Vocative βοτήρ
botḗr 		βοτῆρε
botêre 		βοτῆρες
botêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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