μήστωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
μήδομαι (mḗdomai) + -τωρ (-tōr)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ːs.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝s.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmis.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmis.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmis.tor/
Noun
μήστωρ • (mḗstōr) m (genitive μήστωρος); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) counselor, adviser
Declension
Third declension of μήστωρ; μήστωρος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | μήστωρ mḗstōr | μήστωρε mḗstōre | μήστωρες mḗstōres | ||||||||||
Genitive | μήστωρος mḗstōros | μηστώροιῐν mēstṓroiin | μηστώρων mēstṓrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | μήστωρῐ mḗstōri | μηστώροιῐν mēstṓroiin | μήστωρσῐ / μήστωρσῐν / μηστώρεσσῐ / μηστώρεσσῐν / μηστώρεσῐ / μηστώρεσῐν mḗstōrsi(n) / mēstṓressi(n) / mēstṓresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | μήστωρᾰ mḗstōra | μήστωρε mḗstōre | μήστωρᾰς mḗstōras | ||||||||||
Vocative | μήστωρ mḗstōr | μήστωρε mḗstōre | μήστωρες mḗstōres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μήστωρ (Mḗstōr)
- Πολυμήστωρ (Polumḗstōr)
Further reading
- “μήστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μήστωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μήστωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μήστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press