ἦτορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tr̥, from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Cognates include Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar, and Old English ǣdre.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἦτορ • (êtor) n (genitive ἤτορος); third declension

  1. (Epic) the heart, as the seat of life, passion, desire, etc.

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἦτορ; τοῦ ἤτορος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἦτορ
tò êtor		 τὼ ἤτορε
tṑ ḗtore		 τᾰ̀ ἤτορᾰ
tà ḗtora
Genitive τοῦ ἤτορος
toû ḗtoros		 τοῖν ἠτόροιν
toîn ētóroin		 τῶν ἠτόρων
tôn ētórōn
Dative τῷ ἤτορῐ
tôi ḗtori		 τοῖν ἠτόροιν
toîn ētóroin		 τοῖς ἤτορσῐ / ἤτορσῐν
toîs ḗtorsi(n)
Accusative τὸ ἦτορ
tò êtor		 τὼ ἤτορε
tṑ ḗtore		 τᾰ̀ ἤτορᾰ
tà ḗtora
Vocative ἦτορ
êtor		 ἤτορε
ḗtore		 ἤτορᾰ
ḗtora
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ἦτορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἦτορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἦτορ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἦτορ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἦτορ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἦτορ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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