πατέρας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.té.ras/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras)

accusative plural of πατήρ (patḗr)

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek πατέρας (patéras), from Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) through the accusative singular πατέρα (patéra),^[1] from Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of πατήρ (patír).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈte.ɾas/
Hyphenation: πα‧τέ‧ρας

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras) m (plural πατέρες or πατεράδες, feminine μητέρα)

(with double plural) father; a male parent
(with plural πατέρες)
1. Father (form of address for monk or priest)
  Synonym: πατήρ (patír)
2. (figuratively) founder of a science
3. (in the plural) ancestors

Declension

Declension of **πατέρας**
	singular	plural
nominative	πατέρας (patéras)	πατέρες (patéres) πατεράδες (paterádes)
genitive	πατέρα (patéra)	πατέρων (patéron) πατεράδων (paterádon)
accusative	πατέρα (patéra)	πατέρες (patéres) πατεράδες (paterádes)
vocative	πατέρα (patéra)	πατέρες (patéres) πατεράδες (paterádes)

1. There is a learned genitive singular πατρός (patrós); a vocative singular form πάτερ (páter) is used for priests.
3. The 1st plural forms are used formally for priests and in the sense of founders & forefathers; The 2nd plurals for fathers.

Coordinate terms

see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Related terms

πατερούλης m (pateroúlis)
πατρικός (patrikós, “fatherly”)
πατροκτονία (patroktonía, “patricide”)

References

^ πατέρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] πατέρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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