θυτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύω (thúō, “to sacrifice, slay”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰy.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰyˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θyˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θyˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈtir/
Noun
θῠτήρ • (thŭtḗr) m (genitive θῠτῆρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θῠτήρ ho thŭtḗr |
τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thŭtêre |
οἱ θῠτῆρες hoi thŭtêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θῠτῆρος toû thŭtêros |
τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thŭtḗroin |
τῶν θῠτήρων tôn thŭtḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θῠτῆρῐ tōî thŭtêrĭ |
τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thŭtḗroin |
τοῖς θῠτῆρσῐ / θῠτῆρσῐν toîs thŭtêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θῠτῆρᾰ tòn thŭtêră |
τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thŭtêre |
τοὺς θῠτῆρᾰς toùs thŭtêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θῠτήρ thŭtḗr |
θῠτῆρε thŭtêre |
θῠτῆρες thŭtêres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θυτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette