τέταρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τατύρας (tatúras)

Etymology

Liddell and Scott remark that the word is a loan from the Orient, possibly Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh (“pheasant”), referring to Middle Persian [script needed] (tedzrev, “pheasant”). They further compare Lithuanian tetervà (“black grouse”). Athenaeus of Naucratis states that this word was imported from Media. See also τέτραξ (tétrax, “hazel grouse”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ta.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/

Noun

τέτᾰρος • (tétăros) m (genitive τετᾰ́ρου); second declension

pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Synonym: φασιανός (phasianós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τέτᾰρος; τοῦ τετᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τέτᾰρος ho tétăros	τὼ τετᾰ́ρω tṑ tetắrō	οἱ τέτᾰροι hoi tétăroi
Genitive	τοῦ τετᾰ́ρου toû tetắrou	τοῖν τετᾰ́ροιν toîn tetắroin	τῶν τετᾰ́ρων tôn tetắrōn
Dative	τῷ τετᾰ́ρῳ tōî tetắrōi	τοῖν τετᾰ́ροιν toîn tetắroin	τοῖς τετᾰ́ροις toîs tetắrois
Accusative	τὸν τέτᾰρον tòn tétăron	τὼ τετᾰ́ρω tṑ tetắrō	τοὺς τετᾰ́ρους toùs tetắrous
Vocative	τέτᾰρε tétăre	τετᾰ́ρω tetắrō	τέτᾰροι tétăroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.