στέαρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- στεῖᾰρ (steîar), στῆρ (stêr)
Etymology
With quantitative metathesis of ῆᾰ (êa) to έᾱ (éā), from Proto-Hellenic *stā́wər, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-wr̥, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare πῖᾰρ (pîar), οὖθᾰρ (oûthar).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sté.aːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈste.ar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈste.ar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈste.ar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.ar/
Noun
στέᾱρ • (stéār) n (genitive στέᾱτος); third declension
- hard fat, tallow, suet
- dough made from flour of spelt
Declension
Third declension of τὸ στέᾱρ; τοῦ στέᾱτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ στέᾱρ tò stéār | τὼ στέᾱτε tṑ stéāte | τᾰ̀ στέᾱτᾰ tà stéāta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στέᾱτος toû stéātos | τοῖν στεᾱ́τοιν toîn steā́toin | τῶν στεᾱ́των tôn steā́tōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στέᾱτῐ tôi stéāti | τοῖν στεᾱ́τοιν toîn steā́toin | τοῖς στέᾱσῐ / στέᾱσῐν toîs stéāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ στέᾱρ tò stéār | τὼ στέᾱτε tṑ stéāte | τᾰ̀ στέᾱτᾰ tà stéāta | ||||||||||
Vocative | στέᾱρ stéār | στέᾱτε stéāte | στέᾱτᾰ stéāta | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στεάτινος (steátinos)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1392-1393
Further reading
- “στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “στέαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στέαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στέαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- suet idem, page 835.
- tallow idem, page 854.