πελάτης
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πελάτης (pelátēs, “one who comes near, serf, jobber”), derived from Ancient Greek πελάζω (pelázō, “to approach”); see there for more.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπελάτης • (pelátis) m (plural πελάτες, feminine πελάτισσα)
Declension
editDeclension of πελάτης
Related terms
edit- πελατεία f (pelateía, “clientele, patronage”)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέλας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1165-6
Further reading
edit- πελάτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language