πατέρας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.té.ras/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.ras/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras)

accusative plural of πατήρ (patḗr)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr), from Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈteras/

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras) m (plural πατέρες, feminine μητέρα)

father; a male parent
Antonym: μητέρα (mitéra)
Father (form of address for monk or priest)
Synonym: πατήρ (patír)
(figuratively) founder of a science
(plural) ancestors

Declension

declension of πατέρας

	singular	plural
nominative	πατέρας •	πατέρες •
genitive	πατέρα •	πατέρων •
accusative	πατέρα •	πατέρες •
vocative	πατέρα •	πατέρες •

Related terms

Terms related to πατέρας (patéras)

πατερούλης m (pateroúlis)

πατρικός (patrikós, “fatherly”)

πατροκτονία (patroktonía, “patricide”)

See also

see: Appendix:Greek phrasebook/Family

Further reading

πατέρας in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]

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