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ἀθήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀθήρ ἀθέρος

Structure: ἀθηρ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. an ear of corn
  2. husks, chaff
  3. barb of weapon

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀθήρ ἀθέρε ἀθέρες
Genitive ἀθέρος ἀθέροιν ἀθέρων
Dative ἀθέρι ἀθέροιν ἀθέρσιν*
Accusative ἀθέρα ἀθέρε ἀθέρας
Vocative ἀθήρς ἀθέρε ἀθέρες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦ ἄρρενοσ ταύτην φησὶ διαφέρειν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλησ τῷ ἔχειν ὑπὸ τῇ γαστρὶ πτερύγιον, ὃ καλεῖσθαι ἀθέρα ἐν δὲ τῷ περὶ ζῴων μορίων διιστὰσ αὐτὴν τοῦ θύννου φησιν τοῦ θέρουσ τίκτειν περὶ τὸν Ἑκατομβαιῶνα θυλακοειδέσ, ἐν ᾧ πολλὰ γίνεσθαι μικρὰ ᾠά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 672)
  • ἐν καλάμῳ πήξασ ἀθέρα Στρατόνικοσ ὁ λεπτόσ, καὶ τριχὸσ ἐκδήσασ, αὑτὸν ἀπηγχόνισεν καὶ τί γάρ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 911)

Synonyms

  1. an ear of corn

  2. husks

  3. barb of weapon

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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