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πατήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πατήρ πατέρος

Structure: πατερ (Stem)

Etym.: acc. always pate/ra gen. pl. rarely patrw=n

Sense

  1. father
  2. epithet of Zeus
  3. respectful full address of older people
  4. ancestor

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

  • ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωποσ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸσ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰσ σάρκα μίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:24)
  • καὶ οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἅβραμ, ἀλλ̓ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου Ἁβραάμ, ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:5)
  • δεῦρο καὶ ποτίσωμεν τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν οἶνον καὶ κοιμηθῶμεν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν σπέρμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:32)
  • ἐπότισαν δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ πρεσβυτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀναστῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:33)
  • ἐπότισαν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ νεωτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀναστῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:35)

Synonyms

  1. father

  2. epithet of Zeus

  3. ancestor

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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