κράτωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “a suffix forming agent nouns”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krá.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tor/
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Noun
κράτωρ • (krátōr) m (genitive κράτορος); third declension κράτειρα f (kráteira)
- a ruler, potentate
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ κράτωρ; τοῦ κράτορος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κράτωρ ho krátōr | τὼ κράτορε tṑ krátore | οἱ κράτορες hoi krátores | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κράτορος toû krátoros | τοῖν κρατόροιν toîn kratóroin | τῶν κρατόρων tôn kratórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κράτορῐ tôi krátori | τοῖν κρατόροιν toîn kratóroin | τοῖς κράτορσῐ / κράτορσῐν toîs krátorsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κράτορᾰ tòn krátora | τὼ κράτορε tṑ krátore | τοὺς κράτορᾰς toùs krátoras | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κράτορ krátor | κράτορε krátore | κράτορες krátores | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press