πρατήρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πρᾱ́της (prā́tēs)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *prātḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂tḗr, from *perh₂- (“sell”) + *-tḗr. Compare πέρνημῐ (pérnēmi).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /praː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /praˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /praˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /praˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /praˈtir/
Noun
πρᾱτήρ • (prātḗr) m (genitive πρᾱτῆρος); third declension
- seller
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 915d
- 4th century BC, Isaeus, Collected Works 10.24
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 37.5
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 37.16
- IG 1.872.15
- (πρᾱτήρ λίθος) the stone on which slaves were sold
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 3.78
Declension
Third declension of ὁ πρᾱτήρ; τοῦ πρᾱτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πρᾱτήρ ho prātḗr | τὼ πρᾱτῆρε tṑ prātêre | οἱ πρᾱτῆρες hoi prātêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πρᾱτῆρος toû prātêros | τοῖν πρᾱτήροιν toîn prātḗroin | τῶν πρᾱτήρων tôn prātḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πρᾱτῆρῐ tôi prātêri | τοῖν πρᾱτήροιν toîn prātḗroin | τοῖς πρᾱτῆρσῐ / πρᾱτῆρσῐν toîs prātêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πρᾱτῆρᾰ tòn prātêra | τὼ πρᾱτῆρε tṑ prātêre | τοὺς πρᾱτῆρᾰς toùs prātêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρᾱτήρ prātḗr | πρᾱτῆρε prātêre | πρᾱτῆρες prātêres | ||||||||||
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References
- “πρατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πρατήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette