ἵστωρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῐ̓́στωρ (ístōr)
- ϝῐ́στωρ (wístōr) – Boeotian
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hís.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)is.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈis.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈis.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈis.tor/
Noun
ῐ̔́στωρ • (hístōr) m (genitive ῐ̔́στορος); third declension
- one who knows law and right, judge
- witness
- a wise man
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ; τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ ho hístōr | τὼ ῐ̔́στορε tṑ hístore | οἱ ῐ̔́στορες hoi hístores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος toû hístoros | τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν toîn históroin | τῶν ῐ̔στόρων tôn histórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῐ̔́στορῐ tôi hístori | τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν toîn históroin | τοῖς ῐ̔́στορσῐ / ῐ̔́στορσῐν toîs hístorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ῐ̔́στορᾰ tòn hístora | τὼ ῐ̔́στορε tṑ hístore | τοὺς ῐ̔́στορᾰς toùs hístoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̔́στορ hístor | ῐ̔́στορε hístore | ῐ̔́στορες hístores | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἱστορέω (historéō)
- ἱστορίᾱ (historíā)
- ἱστόριον (histórion)
References
- ἵστωρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἵστωρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers