θυτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to sacrifice, slay”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.tɛ̌ːr/ → /θyˈtir/ → /θiˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈtir/

Noun

θῠτήρ • (thutḗr) m (genitive θῠτῆρος); third declension

1. sacrificer, slayer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ θῠτήρ; τοῦ θῠτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θῠτήρ ho thutḗr	τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thutêre	οἱ θῠτῆρες hoi thutêres
Genitive	τοῦ θῠτῆρος toû thutêros	τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thutḗroin	τῶν θῠτήρων tôn thutḗrōn
Dative	τῷ θῠτῆρῐ tôi thutêri	τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thutḗroin	τοῖς θῠτῆρσῐ / θῠτῆρσῐν toîs thutêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θῠτῆρᾰ tòn thutêra	τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thutêre	τοὺς θῠτῆρᾰς toùs thutêras
Vocative	θῠτήρ thutḗr	θῠτῆρε thutêre	θῠτῆρες thutêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette