προστάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of προΐστημι (proḯstēmi, “to stand in front”) + -της (-tēs), the former from προ- (pro-) + ἵστημι (hístēmi).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pros.tá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /prosˈta.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /prosˈta.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /prosˈta.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /prosˈta.tis/
Noun
προστάτης • (prostátēs) m (genitive προστάτου); first declension
- front ranksman
- chief, leader, president, ruler
- protector, guard, champion, patron
- suppliant
- (Koine, anatomy) prostate (gland)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ προστᾰ́της ho prostắtēs |
τὼ προστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ prostắtā |
οἱ προστᾰ́ται hoi prostắtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ προστᾰ́του toû prostắtou |
τοῖν προστᾰ́ταιν toîn prostắtain |
τῶν προστᾰτῶν tôn prostătôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ προστᾰ́τῃ tōî prostắtēi |
τοῖν προστᾰ́ταιν toîn prostắtain |
τοῖς προστᾰ́ταις toîs prostắtais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν προστᾰ́την tòn prostắtēn |
τὼ προστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ prostắtā |
τοὺς προστᾰ́τᾱς toùs prostắtās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | προστᾰ́τᾰ prostắtă |
προστᾰ́τᾱ prostắtā |
προστᾰ́ται prostắtai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- προστατέω (prostatéō)
- προστατεύω (prostateúō)
Descendants
- → Belarusian: праста́та (prastáta)
- → Coptic: ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲏⲥ (prostatēs)
- Greek: προστάτης (prostátis)
- → Medieval Latin: prostata (see there for further descendants)
- → Macedonian: простата (prostata)
- → Russian: проста́та (prostáta)
Further reading
- προστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- προστάτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “προστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- champion idem, page 123.
- chief idem, page 129.
- defender idem, page 204.
- guard idem, page 376.
- guardian idem, page 377.
- leader idem, page 482.
- lord idem, page 500.
- party leader idem, page 595.
- patron idem, page 599.
- president idem, page 637.
- prince idem, page 641.
- protector idem, page 653.
- representative idem, page 698.
- service idem, page 755.
- suppliant idem, page 840.
- upholder idem, page 938.
- warder idem, page 964.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈsta.tis/
Noun
προστάτης • (prostátis) m (plural προστάτες, feminine προστάτιδα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | προστάτης (prostátis) | προστάτες (prostátes) |
| genitive | προστάτη (prostáti) | προστατών (prostatón) |
| accusative | προστάτη (prostáti) | προστάτες (prostátes) |
| vocative | προστάτη (prostáti) | προστάτες (prostátes) |
Related terms
- see: προστασία f (prostasía, “protection”)
Descendants
→ Aromanian: prustat
Further reading
- (prostate): προστάτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- προστάτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language