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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

  • ἐρεῖτε. ἄνδρεσ κτηνοτρόφοι ἐσμὲν οἱ παῖδέσ σου ἐκ παιδὸσ ἕωσ τοῦ νῦν, καὶ ἡμεῖσ καὶ οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν, ἵνα κατοικήσητε ἐν γῇ Γεσὲμ Ἀραβίασ. βδέλυγμα γάρ ἐστιν Αἰγυπτίοισ πᾶσ ποιμὴν προβάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:34)
  • καὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ Ἰωσήφ. τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν̣ οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραώ. ποιμένεσ προβάτων οἱ παῖδέσ σου, καὶ ἡμεῖσ καὶ οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:3)
  • καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ εἶπεν. ὁ Θεόσ, ᾧ εὐηρέστησαν οἱ πατέρεσ μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαάκ, ὁ Θεὸσ ὁ τρέφων με ἐκ νεότητοσ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:15)
  • καὶ πλησθήσονταί σου αἱ οἰκίαι καὶ αἱ οἰκίαι τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ οἰκίαι ἐν πάσῃ γῇ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, ἃ οὐδέποτε ἑωράκασιν οἱ πατέρεσ σου, οὐδ̓ οἱ πρόπαπποι αὐτῶν, ἀφ̓ ἧσ ἡμέρασ γεγόνασιν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. καὶ ἐκκλίνασ Μωυσῆσ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ Φαραώ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:6)
  • καὶ κατέβησαν οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ παρῳκήσαμεν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἡμέρασ πλείουσ, καὶ ἐκάκωσαν ἡμᾶσ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ τοὺσ πατέρασ ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 20:15)

Synonyms

  1. father

  2. epithet of Zeus

  3. ancestor

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