νέκταρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”). Literally, “overcoming death”, and so called because it gave immortality.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nék.tar/ → /ˈnek.tar/ → /ˈnek.tar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nék.tar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/

Noun

νέκτᾰρ • (néktar) n (genitive νέκτᾰρος); third declension

1. nectar, the specific nourishment (drink) of the gods

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νέκτᾰρ; τοῦ νέκτᾰρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ νέκτᾰρ tò néktar
Genitive	τοῦ νέκτᾰρος toû néktaros
Dative	τῷ νέκτᾰρῐ tôi néktari
Accusative	τὸ νέκτᾰρ tò néktar
Vocative	νέκτᾰρ néktar
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νεκτάρεος (nektáreos)

Descendants

• Greek: νέκταρ (néktar)
• → Latin: nectar
  • → English: nectar
  • French: nectar
  • Italian: nettare
  • Portuguese: néctar
  • Spanish: néctar

See also

• ἀμβροσία (ambrosía)

Further reading

• “νέκταρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νέκταρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νέκταρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νέκταρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νέκταρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νέκταρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • nectar idem, page 554.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

νέκταρ • (néktar) f (uncountable)

1. (Greek mythology) nectar (the drink of the gods)
2. (by extension) an especially delicious drink

Declension

  νέκταρ

case     \     number	singular
nominative	νέκταρ •
genitive	νέκταρος •
accusative	νέκταρ •
vocative	νέκταρ •

Coordinate terms

• αμβροσία f (amvrosía, “ambrosia”)

Further reading

• νέκταρ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el