δωτήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δώτωρ (dṓtōr)
• δῶτωρ (dôtōr)

Etymology

δίδωμι (dídōmi) + -τήρ (-tḗr)

Noun

δωτήρ • (dōtḗr) m (genitive δοτῆρος); third declension

1. giver

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δωτήρ; τοῦ δοτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δωτήρ ho dōtḗr	τὼ δοτῆρε tṑ dotêre	οἱ δοτῆρες hoi dotêres
Genitive	τοῦ δοτῆρος toû dotêros	τοῖν δοτήροιν toîn dotḗroin	τῶν δοτήρων tôn dotḗrōn
Dative	τῷ δοτῆρῐ tôi dotêri	τοῖν δοτήροιν toîn dotḗroin	τοῖς δοτῆρσῐ / δοτῆρσῐν toîs dotêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δοτῆρᾰ tòn dotêra	τὼ δοτῆρε tṑ dotêre	τοὺς δοτῆρᾰς toùs dotêras
Vocative	δωτήρ dōtḗr	δοτῆρε dotêre	δοτῆρες dotêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δωτήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δωτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δωτήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δωτήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN