ὑστέρα

See also: ύστερα and ὕστερα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῠ̔στέρη (hŭstérē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ustérā, from Proto-Indo-European *udtéreh₂. Originally feminine form of the adjective ὕστερος (hústeros) with the original sense "outer", from Proto-Indo-European *údteros (“higher, outer”), perhaps through a construction such as ὑστέρα μήτρᾱ (hustéra mḗtrā), originally denoting "the upper/protruding part" and hence "the belly". For cognates with the same root and a different suffix – i.e. from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“stomach”) – see Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly”) and Latin uterus (“womb”). Probably related to ὕδερος (húderos, “dropsy”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hys.té.raː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈte.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈte.ra/

Noun

ῠ̔στέρᾱ • (hŭstérā) f (genitive ῠ̔στέρᾱς); first declension

uterus, womb
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 493a.25

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ hē hŭstérā	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā	αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hŭstérai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tês hŭstérās	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain	τῶν ῠ̔στερῶν tôn hŭsterôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔στέρᾳ tēî hŭstérāi	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain	ταῖς ῠ̔στέραις taîs hŭstérais
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔στέρᾱν tḕn hŭstérān	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hŭstérās
Vocative	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā	ῠ̔στέραι hŭstérai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔στέρη; τῆς ῠ̔στέρης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔στέρη hē hŭstérē	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā	αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hŭstérai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔στέρης tês hŭstérēs	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain	τῶν ῠ̔στερέων / ῠ̔στερῶν tôn hŭsteréōn / hŭsterôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔στέρῃ tēî hŭstérēi	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῠ̔στέρῃσῐ / ῠ̔στέρῃσῐν tēîsĭ(n) hŭstérēisĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔στέρην tḕn hŭstérēn	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hŭstérās
Vocative	ῠ̔στέρη hŭstérē	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā	ῠ̔στέραι hŭstérai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ὑστερικός (husterikós)

Adjective

ὑστέρᾱ • (hustérā)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of ὕστερος (hústeros)

References

“ὑστέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ὑστέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὑστέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette