χαρακτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, engrave”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰρᾰκτήρ • (khărăktḗr) m (genitive χᾰρᾰκτῆρος); third declension

  1. instrument used for engraving
  2. person who engraves, engraver
  3. impress, stamp, seal
  4. reproduction, representation
  5. figure, letter, character
  6. characteristic, character
  7. style

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χᾰρᾰκτήρ; τοῦ χᾰρᾰκτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χᾰρᾰκτήρ
ho khărăktḗr 		τὼ χᾰρᾰκτῆρε
tṑ khărăktêre 		οἱ χᾰρᾰκτῆρες
hoi khărăktêres
Genitive τοῦ χᾰρᾰκτῆρος
toû khărăktêros 		τοῖν χᾰρᾰκτήροιν
toîn khărăktḗroin 		τῶν χᾰρᾰκτήρων
tôn khărăktḗrōn
Dative τῷ χᾰρᾰκτῆρῐ
tōî khărăktêrĭ 		τοῖν χᾰρᾰκτήροιν
toîn khărăktḗroin 		τοῖς χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐ / χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐν
toîs khărăktêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰ
tòn khărăktêră 		τὼ χᾰρᾰκτῆρε
tṑ khărăktêre 		τοὺς χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰς
toùs khărăktêrăs
Vocative χᾰρᾰκτήρ
khărăktḗr 		χᾰρᾰκτῆρε
khărăktêre 		χᾰρᾰκτῆρες
khărăktêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ (kharaktēr)
  • → Latin: character (see there for further descendants)
  • Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras)

References

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