κλεπτήρ
See also: κλέπτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /klepˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /klepˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /klepˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /klepˈtir/
Noun
κλεπτήρ • (kleptḗr) m (genitive κλεπτῆρος); third declension
- thief
- c. 80 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica 1.1.311:
- κλεπτῆρας φαύλους νυκτοπλανέας
- kleptêras phaúlous nuktoplanéas
- base thieves, wandering the night
- κλεπτῆρας φαύλους νυκτοπλανέας
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κλεπτήρ ho kleptḗr |
τὼ κλεπτῆρε tṑ kleptêre |
οἱ κλεπτῆρες hoi kleptêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλεπτῆρος toû kleptêros |
τοῖν κλεπτήροιν toîn kleptḗroin |
τῶν κλεπτήρων tôn kleptḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλεπτῆρῐ tōî kleptêrĭ |
τοῖν κλεπτήροιν toîn kleptḗroin |
τοῖς κλεπτῆρσῐ / κλεπτῆρσῐν toîs kleptêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κλεπτῆρᾰ tòn kleptêră |
τὼ κλεπτῆρε tṑ kleptêre |
τοὺς κλεπτῆρᾰς toùs kleptêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλεπτήρ kleptḗr |
κλεπτῆρε kleptêre |
κλεπτῆρες kleptêres | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “κλεπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλεπτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλεπτήρ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011