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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πατήρ πατέρε πατέρες
Genitive πατέρος, πατρός πατέροιν πατέρων
Dative πατέρι, πατρί πατέροιν πατράσι
Accusative πατέρα πατέρε πατέρας
Vocative πατέρ πατέρε πατέρες

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

  • καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἀδὰ τὸν Ἰωβήλ. οὗτοσ ἦν πατὴρ οἰκούντων ἐν σκηναῖσ κτηνοτρόφων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:20)
  • Ἦσαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Νῶε, οἱ ἐξελθόντεσ ἐκ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ. Χάμ δὲ ἦν πατὴρ Χαναάν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:18)
  • καὶ εἶδε Χὰμ ὁ πατὴρ Χαναὰν τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἀνήγγειλε τοῖσ δυσὶν ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ ἔξω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:22)
  • καὶ ἔλαβον Ἅβραμ καὶ Ναχὼρ ἑαυτοῖσ γυναῖκασ. ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ἅβραμ Σάρα, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ Ναχὼρ Μελχά, θυγάτηρ Ἀρρὰν καὶ πατὴρ Μελχὰ καὶ πατὴρ Ἰεσχά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:29)

Synonyms

  1. father

  2. epithet of Zeus

  3. ancestor

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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