χήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”) and identical with Latin ēr (“hedgehog”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ːr/ → /çir/ → /çir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çir/

Noun

χήρ • (khḗr) m (genitive χηρός); third declension

1. hedgehog

   Synonym: ἀκανθίων (akanthíōn)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χήρ; τοῦ χηρός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χήρ ho khḗr	τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre	οἱ χῆρες hoi khêres
Genitive	τοῦ χηρός toû khērós	τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn	τῶν χηρῶν tôn khērôn
Dative	τῷ χηρῐ́ tôi khērí	τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn	τοῖς χηρσῐ́ / χηρσῐ́ν toîs khērsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν χῆρᾰ tòn khêra	τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre	τοὺς χῆρᾰς toùs khêras
Vocative	χήρ khḗr	χῆρε khêre	χῆρες khêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “χήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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