φωστήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῶς.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰosˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸosˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fosˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fosˈtir/
Noun
φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension
- that which gives light, as the sun or stars
- splendor, radiance
Declension
Third declension of ὁ φωστήρ; τοῦ φωστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φωστήρ ho phōstḗr | τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre | οἱ φωστῆρες hoi phōstêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φωστῆρος toû phōstêros | τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin | τῶν φωστήρων tôn phōstḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φωστῆρῐ tôi phōstêri | τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin | τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ / φωστῆρσῐν toîs phōstêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φωστῆρᾰ tòn phōstêra | τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre | τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς toùs phōstêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | φωστήρ phōstḗr | φωστῆρε phōstêre | φωστῆρες phōstêres | ||||||||||
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References
- “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φωστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G5458 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible