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δοτήρ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοτήρ δοτῆρος

Structure: δοτηρ (Stem)

Etym.: di/dwmi

Sense

  1. a giver, dispenser

Declension

Third declension

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

  • καίτοι τοὺσ θεοὺσ οἱ ἱερεῖσ οὐ ποιοῦσιν ἀγαθῶν δοτῆρασ, ἀλλὰ τοιούτουσ ὄντασ παρακαλοῦσι τοὺσ δ’ ἄρχοντασ οἱ συνόντεσ τῶν φιλοσόφων δικαιοτέρουσ ποιοῦσι καὶ μετριωτέρουσ καὶ προθυμοτέρουσ εἰσ τὸ εὖ ποιεῖν, ὥστε καὶ χαίρειν εἰκόσ ἐστι μᾶλλον. (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 3 12:1)
  • τοιγαροῦν εἰσ πολλὴν ἀνάγκην καθίστανται τοὺσ μέν τινασ τῶν θεῶν νομίζειν δοτῆρασ ἀγαθῶν, τοὺσ δὲ καλεῖν ἀποτροπαίουσ, εἶτα δὲ τούτουσ ὥσπερ τοὺσ πονηροτάτουσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων χάρισι καὶ δώροισ ἀποσείονται, μέγα τι λήψεσθαι κακὸν ὑπ’ αὐτῶν προσδοκῶντεσ, εἰ μὴ μισθὸν αὐτοῖσ παράσχοιεν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 218:1)

Synonyms

  1. a giver

Related

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

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