μασητήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰσά̆ομαι (masáomai, “to chew”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”); akin to μᾰστά̆ζω (mastázō), μᾰστῐχά̆ω (mastikháō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.sɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.se̝ˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.siˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.siˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.siˈtir/
Noun
μᾰσητήρ • (masētḗr) m (genitive μᾰσητῆρος); third declension
- A chewer.
- μῦς μᾰσητήρ ― mûs masētḗr ― a muscle of the lower jaw, used in chewing; the masseter
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ μᾰσητήρ; τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰσητήρ ho masētḗr | τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ masētêre | οἱ μᾰσητῆρες hoi masētêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος toû masētêros | τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn masētḗroin | τῶν μᾰσητήρων tôn masētḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰσητῆρῐ tôi masētêri | τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn masētḗroin | τοῖς μᾰσητῆρσῐ / μᾰσητῆρσῐν toîs masētêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰσητῆρᾰ tòn masētêra | τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ masētêre | τοὺς μᾰσητῆρᾰς toùs masētêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰσητήρ masētḗr | μᾰσητῆρε masētêre | μᾰσητῆρες masētêres | ||||||||||
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Descendants
→ New Latin: massētēr
- → English: masseter
References
- “μασητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press