πατήρ
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πατήρ
πατέρος
Structure:
πατερ
(Stem)
Etym.: acc. always pate/ra gen. pl. rarely patrw=n
Sense
- father
- epithet of Zeus
- respectful full address of older people
- 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.
- σκέψαι μου πιναρὰν κόμαν καὶ τρύχη τάδ’ ἐμῶν πέπλων, εἰ πρέποντ’ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ κούρᾳ ’σται βασιλείᾳ τᾷ Τροίᾳ θ’, ἃ ’μοῦ πατέροσ μέμναταί ποθ’ ἁλοῦσα. (Euripides, choral, strophe 36)
- ἴδετε, πατέροσ ὡσ γορ‐ γῶπεσ αἵδε προσφερεῖσ ὀμμάτων αὐγαί, τὸ δὲ κακοτυχὲσ οὐ λέλοιπεν ἐκ τέκνων οὐδ’ ἀποίχεται χάρισ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, epode1)
- πῶσ παισὶ στενακτὰν ἄταν ἄταν πατέροσ ἀμφαίνεισ; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric1)
- τὸν βόσκοντα γὰρ εὐλογῶ, τὸ δ’ ὠφέλιμον ἐμοὶ πατέροσ ὄνομα λέγω Φοίβου τοῦ κατὰ ναόν. (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 15)
- εὖτέ μοι Ἑρμῆσ ἦλθ’ ἐριούνιοσ ἄγγελοσ ὠκὺσ πὰρ πατέροσ Κρονιδαο καὶ ἄλλων Οὐρανιώνων, ἐλθεῖν ἐξ Ἐρέβευσ, ἵνα ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδοῦσα λήξαισ ἀθανάτοισι χόλου καὶ μήνιοσ αἰνῆσ, αὐτίκ’ ἐγὼν ἀνόρουσ’ ὑπὸ χάρματοσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 42:3)
Synonyms
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father
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epithet of Zeus
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ancestor
