θέρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéros (“heat; warm weather”, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) + *-os (action noun suffix)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
Noun
θέρος • (théros) n (genitive θέρους or θέρεος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ θέρος tò théros |
τὼ θέρει tṑ thérei |
τᾰ̀ θέρη tằ thérē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θέρους toû thérous |
τοῖν θεροῖν toîn theroîn |
τῶν θερῶν tôn therôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θέρει tōî thérei |
τοῖν θεροῖν toîn theroîn |
τοῖς θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν toîs théresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ θέρος tò théros |
τὼ θέρει tṑ thérei |
τᾰ̀ θέρη tằ thérē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θέρος théros |
θέρει thérei |
θέρη thérē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ θέρος tò théros |
τὼ θέρει / θέρεε tṑ thérei / théree |
τᾰ̀ θέρεᾰ tằ théreă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θέρεος / θέρευς toû théreos / théreus |
τοῖν θερέοιν toîn theréoin |
τῶν θερέων tôn theréōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θέρει / θέρεῐ̈ tōî thérei / théreĭ̈ |
τοῖν θερέοιν toîn theréoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν toîsĭ(n) théresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ θέρος tò théros |
τὼ θέρει / θέρεε tṑ thérei / théree |
τᾰ̀ θέρεᾰ tằ théreă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θέρος théros |
θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree |
θέρεᾰ théreă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | θέρος théros |
θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree |
θέρεᾰ théreă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | θέρεος / θέρευς théreos / théreus |
θερέοιν theréoin |
θερέων theréōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | θέρει / θέρεῐ̈ thérei / théreĭ̈ |
θερέοιν theréoin |
θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν théresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | θέρος théros |
θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree |
θέρεᾰ théreă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θέρος théros |
θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree |
θέρεᾰ théreă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- θερινός (therinós)
References
- “θέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θέρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θέρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- θέρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θέρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2330 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθe.ɾos/
- Hyphenation: θέ‧ρος
Etymology 1
A borrowing from Ancient Greek θέρος (théros), retaining the neuter gender.
Noun
θέρος • (théros) n (uncountable)
- (singular only, formal, sciences) summer, summertime
- Synonym: καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | θέρος (théros) |
| genitive | θέρους (thérous) |
| accusative | θέρος (théros) |
| vocative | θέρος (théros) |
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek θέρος (théros) with change of gender to masculine.
Noun
θέρος • (théros) m (uncountable)
- (singular only) harvest, vintage
- (singular only) harvest time
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | θέρος (théros) |
| genitive | θέρου (thérou) |
| accusative | θέρο (théro) |
| vocative | θέρε (thére) |
Further reading
- θέρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- θέρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el