πέτρος
See also: Πέτρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of Pre-Greek origin. Related to πέτρα (pétra, “rock formation”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pé.tros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tros/
Noun
πέτρος • (pétros) m or f (genitive πέτρου); second declension
Usage notes
- Originally masculine, feminine in later poets.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ πέτρος ho, hē pétros |
τὼ πέτρω tṑ pétrō |
οἱ, αἱ πέτροι hoi, hai pétroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς πέτρου toû, tês pétrou |
τοῖν πέτροιν toîn pétroin |
τῶν πέτρων tôn pétrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ πέτρῳ tōî, tēî pétrōi |
τοῖν πέτροιν toîn pétroin |
τοῖς, ταῖς πέτροις toîs, taîs pétrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν πέτρον tòn, tḕn pétron |
τὼ πέτρω tṑ pétrō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πέτρους toùs, tā̀s pétrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πέτρε pétre |
πέτρω pétrō |
πέτροι pétroi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (stone): λίθος (líthos)
Derived terms
- πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον (pánta kinêsai pétron, “leave no stone unturned”)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέτρᾱ, -η”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1182
Further reading
- “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πέτρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πέτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πέτρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πέτρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.