πατέρας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras)

  1. accusative plural of πατήρ (patḗr)

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek πατέρας (patéras), from Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) through the accusative singular πατέρα (patéra),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of πατήρ (patír).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈte.ɾas/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧τέ‧ρας

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras) m (plural πατέρες or πατεράδες, feminine μητέρα)

  1. (with double plural) father; a male parent
  2. (with plural πατέρες)
    1. Father (form of address for monk or priest)
      Synonym: πατήρ (patír)
    2. (figuratively) founder of a science
    3. (in the plural) ancestors

Declension
declension of πατέρας
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πατέρας • πατέρες •,  πατεράδες •
genitive πατέρα • πατέρων •,  πατεράδων •
accusative πατέρα • πατέρες •,  πατεράδες •
vocative πατέρα • πατέρες •,  πατεράδες •
1. There is a learned genitive singular πατρός (patrós); a vocative singular form πάτερ (páter) is used for priests.
3. The 1st plural forms are used formally for priests and in the sense of founders & forefathers; The 2nd plurals for fathers.

Coordinate terms
see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

References
  1. πατέρας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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