φωστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῶς.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ɸosˈtir/ → /fosˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰosˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸosˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fosˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fosˈtir/

Noun

φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension

1. that which gives light, as the sun or stars
2. splendor, radiance

Declension

Third declension of ὁ φωστήρ; τοῦ φωστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φωστήρ ho phōstḗr	τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre	οἱ φωστῆρες hoi phōstêres
Genitive	τοῦ φωστῆρος toû phōstêros	τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin	τῶν φωστήρων tôn phōstḗrōn
Dative	τῷ φωστῆρῐ tôi phōstêri	τοῖν φωστήροιν toîn phōstḗroin	τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ / φωστῆρσῐν toîs phōstêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φωστῆρᾰ tòn phōstêra	τὼ φωστῆρε tṑ phōstêre	τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς toùs phōstêras
Vocative	φωστήρ phōstḗr	φωστῆρε phōstêre	φωστῆρες phōstêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φωστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φωστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5458 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible