ῥυτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From ἐρύω (erúō, “to draw, stretch”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ryˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ryˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ryˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /riˈtir/
Noun
ῥῡτήρ • (rhūtḗr) m (genitive ῥῡτῆρος); third declension
- one who draws or stretches
- strap by which one holds a horse, rein
- Synonyms: ἡνία (hēnía), χαλινός (khalinós)
- strap to flog with
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ῥῡτήρ; τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ῥῡτήρ ho rhūtḗr | τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre | οἱ ῥῡτῆρες hoi rhūtêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος toû rhūtêros | τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin | τῶν ῥῡτήρων tôn rhūtḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥῡτῆρῐ tôi rhūtêri | τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin | τοῖς ῥῡτῆρσῐ / ῥῡτῆρσῐν toîs rhūtêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ῥῡτῆρᾰ tòn rhūtêra | τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre | τοὺς ῥῡτῆρᾰς toùs rhūtêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥῡτήρ rhūtḗr | ῥῡτῆρε rhūtêre | ῥῡτῆρες rhūtêres | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
From ἐρύω (erúō, “to protect, guard”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ryˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ryˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ryˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /riˈtir/
Noun
ῥῡτήρ • (rhūtḗr) m (genitive ῥῡτῆρος); third declension
- saviour, guard, defender
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ῥῡτήρ; τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ῥῡτήρ ho rhūtḗr | τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre | οἱ ῥῡτῆρες hoi rhūtêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος toû rhūtêros | τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin | τῶν ῥῡτήρων tôn rhūtḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥῡτῆρῐ tôi rhūtêri | τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin | τοῖς ῥῡτῆρσῐ / ῥῡτῆρσῐν toîs rhūtêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ῥῡτῆρᾰ tòn rhūtêra | τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre | τοὺς ῥῡτῆρᾰς toùs rhūtêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥῡτήρ rhūtḗr | ῥῡτῆρε rhūtêre | ῥῡτῆρες rhūtêres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥυτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette