λουτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λούω (loúō, “to wash, bathe”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /luː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /luˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
Noun
λουτήρ • (loutḗr) m (genitive λουτῆρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λουτήρ ho loutḗr |
τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre |
οἱ λουτῆρες hoi loutêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λουτῆρος toû loutêros |
τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin |
τῶν λουτήρων tôn loutḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λουτῆρῐ tōî loutêrĭ |
τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin |
τοῖς λουτῆρσῐ / λουτῆρσῐν toîs loutêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λουτῆρᾰ tòn loutêră |
τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre |
τοὺς λουτῆρᾰς toùs loutêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λουτήρ loutḗr |
λουτῆρε loutêre |
λουτῆρες loutêres | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin lūtēr
Further reading
- “λουτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λουτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette