δάμαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δόμορτις (dómortis)

Etymology

Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house, home”), like δόμος (dómos, “dwelling”), and the root ἀρ- in ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to join, fit together”). Perhaps more likely from an -r/n-stem like Proto-Indo-European *dómh₂-r̥ (from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“tame”)), with the -τ- taken over from the n-stem forms.^[1]

However, the word could also be of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -αρ.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.mar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.mar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/

Noun

δᾰ́μᾰρ • (dắmăr) f (genitive δᾰ́μᾰρτος); third declension

wife, spouse
Synonyms: γυνή (gunḗ), ἄλοχος (álokhos), σύνευνος (súneunos), ἄκοιτις (ákoitis), σύλλεκτρος (súllektros), εὖνις (eûnis), παράκοιτις (parákoitis), συνευνέτις (suneunétis), συνάορος (sunáoros), ὄαρ (óar), ὁμευνέτις (homeunétis), σύζυγος (súzugos), εὐνάτειρα (eunáteira), ευνήτρια (eunḗtria)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ; τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ hē dắmăr	τὼ δᾰ́μᾰρτε tṑ dắmărte	αἱ δᾰ́μᾰρτες hai dắmărtes
Genitive	τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος tês dắmărtos	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν toîn dămắrtoin	τῶν δᾰμᾰ́ρτων tôn dămắrtōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰ́μᾰρτῐ tēî dắmărtĭ	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν toîn dămắrtoin	ταῖς δᾰ́μᾰρσῐ / δᾰ́μᾰρσῐν taîs dắmărsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰ tḕn dắmărtă	τὼ δᾰ́μᾰρτε tṑ dắmărte	τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰς tā̀s dắmărtăs
Vocative	δᾰ́μᾰρ dắmăr	δᾰ́μᾰρτε dắmărte	δᾰ́μᾰρτες dắmărtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Chow, Ludenna Fong (2012) The poetics of hierarchy: defining the semantic scope of Indo-European *demH2- in Homeric Greek (MA), pages 69-72