στέαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • στεῖᾰρ (steîar), στῆρ (stêr)

Etymology

With quantitative metathesis of ῆᾰ (êa) to έᾱ (éā), from Proto-Hellenic *stā́wər, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-wr̥, from *steh₂- (to stand). Compare πῖᾰρ (pîar), οὖθᾰρ (oûthar).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στέᾱρ • (stéār) n (genitive στέᾱτος); third declension

  1. hard fat, tallow, suet
  2. dough made from flour of spelt

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1392-1393

Further reading

  • στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • στέαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • στέαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • στέαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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