λαμπτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάμπω (lámpō) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lamp.tɛ̌ːr/ → /lampˈtir/ → /lambˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lamp.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lampˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lampˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lampˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lambˈtir/

Noun

λᾰμπτήρ • (lamptḗr) m (genitive λᾰμπτῆρος); third declension

1. lighter, torch, lantern

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ λᾰμπτήρ; τοῦ λᾰμπτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰμπτήρ ho lamptḗr	τὼ λᾰμπτῆρε tṑ lamptêre	οἱ λᾰμπτῆρες hoi lamptêres
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰμπτῆρος toû lamptêros	τοῖν λᾰμπτήροιν toîn lamptḗroin	τῶν λᾰμπτήρων tôn lamptḗrōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰμπτῆρῐ tôi lamptêri	τοῖν λᾰμπτήροιν toîn lamptḗroin	τοῖς λᾰμπτῆρσῐ / λᾰμπτῆρσῐν toîs lamptêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λᾰμπτῆρᾰ tòn lamptêra	τὼ λᾰμπτῆρε tṑ lamptêre	τοὺς λᾰμπτῆρᾰς toùs lamptêras
Vocative	λᾰμπτήρ lamptḗr	λᾰμπτῆρε lamptêre	λᾰμπτῆρες lamptêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Aramaic:

  → Classical Syriac: ܢܦܛܝܪܐ (nap̄ṭêrā), ܢܦܛܪܐ (nap̄ṭērā), ܢܘܦܛܪܐ (nwpṭrʾ)

• → Greek: λαμπτήρας (lamptíras)
• → Latin: lamptēr, lanterna (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Persian: 𐫓𐫖𐫤𐫏𐫡 (lmtyr /⁠lamtēr, lamtīr⁠/)
• → Parthian: 𐫓𐫖𐫤𐫏𐫡 (lmtyr /⁠lamtēr, lamtīr⁠/)
• → Old Armenian: լապտեր (lapter), ղապտեր (łapter)
• → Sogdian: [script needed] (δmtyr), [script needed] (dmtyr)

Further reading

• “λαμπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαμπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαμπτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beacon idem, page 66.
  • brand idem, page 93.
  • fire-brand idem, page 322.
  • torch idem, page 881.
• 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, page 829