ἵστωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῐ̓́στωρ (ĭ́stōr)
  • ϝῐ́στωρ (wĭ́stōr) — Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔́στωρ • (hĭ́stōr) m (genitive ῐ̔́στορος); third declension

  1. one who knows law and right, judge
  2. witness
  3. a wise man

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ; τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ
ho hĭ́stōr 		τὼ ῐ̔́στορε
tṑ hĭ́store 		οἱ ῐ̔́στορες
hoi hĭ́stores
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος
toû hĭ́storos 		τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν
toîn hĭstóroin 		τῶν ῐ̔στόρων
tôn hĭstórōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔́στορῐ
tōî hĭ́storĭ 		τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν
toîn hĭstóroin 		τοῖς ῐ̔́στορσῐ / ῐ̔́στορσῐν
toîs hĭ́storsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔́στορᾰ
tòn hĭ́storă 		τὼ ῐ̔́στορε
tṑ hĭ́store 		τοὺς ῐ̔́στορᾰς
toùs hĭ́storăs
Vocative ῐ̔́στορ
hĭ́stor 		ῐ̔́στορε
hĭ́store 		ῐ̔́στορες
hĭ́stores
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἵστωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 602

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