φυσητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῡσάω (phūsáō, “to blow”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φῡσητήρ • (phūsētḗr) m (genitive φῡσητῆρος); third declension

  1. blowpipe or tube, an instrument for blowing
  2. bellows
  3. one who blows a pipe or bellows
  4. kind of whale
  5. blowhole or spiracle of whales

Declension
Third declension of ὁ φῡσητήρ; τοῦ φῡσητῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φῡσητήρ
ho phūsētḗr		 τὼ φῡσητῆρε
tṑ phūsētêre		 οἱ φῡσητῆρες
hoi phūsētêres
Genitive τοῦ φῡσητῆρος
toû phūsētêros		 τοῖν φῡσητήροιν
toîn phūsētḗroin		 τῶν φῡσητήρων
tôn phūsētḗrōn
Dative τῷ φῡσητῆρῐ
tôi phūsētêri		 τοῖν φῡσητήροιν
toîn phūsētḗroin		 τοῖς φῡσητῆρσῐ / φῡσητῆρσῐν
toîs phūsētêrsi(n)
Accusative τὸν φῡσητῆρᾰ
tòn phūsētêra		 τὼ φῡσητῆρε
tṑ phūsētêre		 τοὺς φῡσητῆρᾰς
toùs phūsētêras
Vocative φῡσητήρ
phūsētḗr		 φῡσητῆρε
phūsētêre		 φῡσητῆρες
phūsētêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: φυσητήρας (fysitíras)
  • → Latin: physetēr

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