δάμαρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δόμορτις (dómortis)
Etymology
Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house, home”), like δόμος (dómos, “dwelling”), and the root ἀρ- in ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to join, fit together”). However, the word could also be of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -αρ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dá.mar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈda.mar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈða.mar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈða.mar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈða.mar/
Noun
δᾰ́μᾰρ • (dámar) f (genitive δᾰ́μᾰρτος); third declension
- wife, spouse
- Synonyms: γυνή (gunḗ), ἄλοχος (álokhos), σύνευνος (súneunos), ἄκοιτις (ákoitis), σύλλεκτρος (súllektros), εὖνις (eûnis), παράκοιτις (parákoitis), συνευνέτις (suneunétis), συνάορος (sunáoros), ὁμευνέτις (homeunétis), σύζυγος (súzugos), εὐνάτειρα (eunáteira), ευνήτρια (eunḗtria)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ; τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ hē dámar | τὼ δᾰ́μᾰρτε tṑ dámarte | αἱ δᾰ́μᾰρτες hai dámartes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος tês dámartos | τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν toîn damártoin | τῶν δᾰμᾰ́ρτων tôn damártōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δᾰ́μᾰρτῐ têi dámarti | δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν damártoin | ταῖς δᾰ́μᾰρσῐ / δᾰ́μᾰρσῐν taîs dámarsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰ tḕn dámarta | δᾰ́μᾰρτε dámarte | τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰς tā̀s dámartas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δᾰ́μᾰρ dámar | δᾰ́μᾰρτε dámarte | δᾰ́μᾰρτες dámartes | ||||||||||
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References
- δάμαρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δάμαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δάμαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN