ἕστωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unexplained. Frisk thinks that the word may be an agent noun of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hés.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)es.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈes.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈes.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈes.tor/
Noun
ἕστωρ • (héstōr) m (genitive ἕστορος); third declension
- peg at the end of the chariot pole, passing through the yoke and having a ring affixed
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἕστωρ; τοῦ ἕστορος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἕστωρ ho héstōr | τὼ ἕστορε tṑ héstore | οἱ ἕστορες hoi héstores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἕστορος toû héstoros | τοῖν ἑστόροιν toîn hestóroin | τῶν ἑστόρων tôn hestórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἕστορῐ tôi héstori | τοῖν ἑστόροιν toîn hestóroin | τοῖς ἕστορσῐ / ἕστορσῐν toîs héstorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἕστορᾰ tòn héstora | τὼ ἕστορε tṑ héstore | τοὺς ἕστορᾰς toùs héstoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕστορ héstor | ἕστορε héstore | ἕστορες héstores | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἕστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἕστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕστωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕστωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN