ὄναρ

See also: όναρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃en-r (“dream”); cognate with Old Armenian անուրջ (anurǰ) and Albanian ëndërr.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄναρ • (ónar) n (genitive —); third declension

  1. dream
    Synonym: ὄνειρος (óneiros)
    Antonym: ὕπαρ (húpar)

Usage notes

This noun is only used in nominative and accusative singular; otherwise, it is replaced by ὄνειρος (óneiros).

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄναρ; — (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ ὄναρ
tò ónar
Genitive —
Dative —
Accusative τὸ ὄναρ
tò ónar
Vocative —
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: όναρ (ónar)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄναρ (> VAR > ὄνειρος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1082

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