ὑστέρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῠ̔στέρη (hustérē) — Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *ustérā, from Proto-Indo-European *udtéreh₂. Originally feminine form of the adjective ὕστερος (hústeros) with the original sense "outer", from Proto-Indo-European *údteros (“higher, outer”), perhaps through a construction such as ὑστέρα μήτρᾱ (hustéra mḗtrā), originally denoting "the upper/protruding part" and hence "the belly". From the same root but with a different suffix – i.e. from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“stomach”) – we see Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly”) and Latin uterus (“womb”). Compare also Ancient Greek ὕδερος (húderos, “dropsy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hys.té.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ysˈte.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ysˈte.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ysˈte.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /isˈte.ra/
Noun
ῠ̔στέρᾱ • (hustérā) f (genitive ῠ̔στέρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ hē hustérā |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tês hustérās |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husterôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρᾳ têi hustérāi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
ταῖς ῠ̔στέραις taîs hustérais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρᾱν tḕn hustérān |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hustérai | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρη hē hustérē |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρης tês hustérēs |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερέων / ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husteréōn / husterôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρῃ têi hustérēi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῠ̔στέρῃσῐ / ῠ̔στέρῃσῐν têisi(n) hustérēisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρην tḕn hustérēn |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῠ̔στέρη hustérē |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hustérai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὑστερικός (husterikós)
References
- “ὑστέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑστέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑστέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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