ἐργαστήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, “to work”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /er.ɡas.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /er.ɡasˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
Noun
ἐργᾰστήρ • (ergastḗr) m (genitive ἐργᾰστῆρος); third declension
- a workman
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ; τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ ho ergastḗr | τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergastêre | οἱ ἐργᾰστῆρες hoi ergastêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος toû ergastêros | τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergastḗroin | τῶν ἐργᾰστήρων tôn ergastḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐργᾰστῆρῐ tôi ergastêri | τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergastḗroin | τοῖς ἐργᾰστῆρσῐ / ἐργᾰστῆρσῐν toîs ergastêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐργᾰστῆρᾰ tòn ergastêra | τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergastêre | τοὺς ἐργᾰστῆρᾰς toùs ergastêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐργᾰστήρ ergastḗr | ἐργᾰστῆρε ergastêre | ἐργᾰστῆρες ergastêres | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: ergaster
- Greek: εργαστήρας (ergastíras)
Further reading
- “ἐργαστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐργαστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.