πατήρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πατήρ (Patḗr)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *patḗr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognates include Old English fæder (English father), Phrygian πατερης (paterēs), Latin pater, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), and Old Armenian հայր (hayr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈtir/
Noun
πᾰτήρ • (patḗr) m (genitive πᾰτρός or πᾰτέρος); third declension
- father
- epithet of Zeus
- respectful address of an older man
- (figurative) author
- (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
- epithet of Zeus
- (Christianity) God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πᾰτήρ ho patḗr |
τὼ πᾰτέρε tṑ patére |
οἱ πᾰτέρες hoi patéres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πᾰτρός / πᾰτέρος toû patrós / patéros |
τοῖν πᾰτέροιν toîn patéroin |
τῶν πᾰτέρων / πᾰτρῶν tôn patérōn / patrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πᾰτρῐ́ / πᾰτέρῐ tôi patrí / patéri |
τοῖν πᾰτέροιν toîn patéroin |
τοῖς πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ toîs patrási | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πᾰτέρᾰ tòn patéra |
τὼ πᾰτέρε tṑ patére |
τοὺς πᾰτέρᾰς toùs patéras | ||||||||||
Vocative | πάτερ páter |
πᾰτέρε patére |
πᾰτέρες patéres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κλεοπᾶς (Kleopâs)
- Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra)
- Κλεόπατρος (Kleópatros)
- πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (patriā́)
- Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος (Sōsípatros)
Further reading
- “πᾰτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πατήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πατήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πατήρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3962 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ (patḗr). Doublet of πατέρας (patéras).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paˈtir]
- Hyphenation: πα‧τήρ
Noun
πατήρ • (patír) m
- (religion) God the Father
- (literary) father (form of address for monk or priest)
- Katharevousa form of πατέρας (patéras), father
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