πριστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρῐ́ω (príō, “to saw”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pris.tɛ̌ːr/ → /prisˈtir/ → /prisˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pris.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prisˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prisˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prisˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prisˈtir/

Noun

πρῐστήρ • (pristḗr) m (genitive πρῐστῆρος); third declension

1. saw
2. sawyer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πρῐστήρ; τοῦ πρῐστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρῐστήρ ho pristḗr	τὼ πρῐστῆρε tṑ pristêre	οἱ πρῐστῆρες hoi pristêres
Genitive	τοῦ πρῐστῆρος toû pristêros	τοῖν πρῐστήροιν toîn pristḗroin	τῶν πρῐστήρων tôn pristḗrōn
Dative	τῷ πρῐστῆρῐ tôi pristêri	τοῖν πρῐστήροιν toîn pristḗroin	τοῖς πρῐστῆρσῐ / πρῐστῆρσῐν toîs pristêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πρῐστῆρᾰ tòn pristêra	τὼ πρῐστῆρε tṑ pristêre	τοὺς πρῐστῆρᾰς toùs pristêras
Vocative	πρῐστήρ pristḗr	πρῐστῆρε pristêre	πρῐστῆρες pristêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πριστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πριστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πριστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette