μάτηρ
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mǎː.tɛːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ter/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.tir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.tir/
Noun
μᾱ́τηρ • (mā́tēr) f (genitive μᾱτρός); third declension
- Doric form of μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ᾱ̔ μᾱ́τηρ hā mā́tēr |
τὼ μᾱτέρε tṑ mātére |
ταὶ μᾱτέρες taì mātéres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τᾶς μᾱτέρος / μᾱτρός tâs mātéros / mātrós |
τοῖν μᾱτέροιν toîn mātéroin |
τᾶν μᾱτέρων tân mātérōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τᾷ μᾱτέρῐ / μᾱτρῐ́ tâi mātéri / mātrí |
τοῖν μᾱτέροιν toîn mātéroin |
ταῖς μᾱτρᾰ́σῐ taîs mātrási | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ν μᾱτέρᾰ tā̀n mātéra |
τὼ μᾱτέρε tṑ mātére |
τᾱ̀ς μᾱτέρᾰς tā̀s mātéras | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾶτερ mâter |
μᾱτέρε mātére |
μᾱτέρες mātéres | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
References
- μάτηρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάτηρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάτηρ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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