φωστήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῶς.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰosˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸosˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fosˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fosˈtir/
Noun
φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φωστήρ ho phōstḗr |
τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre |
οἱ φωστῆρες hoi phōstêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φωστῆρος toû phōstêros |
τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin |
τῶν φωστήρων tôn phōstḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φωστῆρῐ tōî phōstêrĭ |
τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin |
τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ / φωστῆρσῐν toîs phōstêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φωστῆρᾰ tòn phōstêră |
τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre |
τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς toùs phōstêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φωστήρ phōstḗr |
φωστῆρε phōstêre |
φωστῆρες phōstêres | ||||||||||
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References
- “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φωστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G5458 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible