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-τήρ
-τήρ
Ancient Greek
Suffix
-τήρ • (-tḗr) m (genitive -τῆρος) third declension
- Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
- δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”) + -τήρ (-tḗr) → δωτήρ, δοτήρ (dōtḗr, dotḗr, “a giver”)
- καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to let down, descend”) + -τήρ (-tḗr) → καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “anything let down into”)
- κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash, cleanse”) + -τήρ (-tḗr) → κλυστήρ (klustḗr, “a clyster-pipe, syringe”)
- ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”) + -τήρ (-tḗr) → στατήρ (statḗr, “a weight”)
- χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”) + -τήρ (-tḗr) → χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “an engraver”)
Inflection
Third declension of -τήρ; -τῆρος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -τήρ | -τῆρε | -τῆρες | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -τῆρος | -τήροιν | -τήρων | ||||||||||
| Dative | -τῆρῐ | -τήροιν | -τῆρσῐ | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -τῆρᾰ | -τῆρε | -τῆρᾰς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -τήρ | -τῆρε | -τῆρες | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -τήρ</a>
- -τήριον (-tḗrion)
- Greek: -τήριο (-tírio)
- -τήριος (-tḗrios)
See also
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 839.2