ἀθάρη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀθήρη (athḗrē)

Etymology

Unknown. An Egyptian word according to Pliny. Has been connected to ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn”) and with Latin ador (“wheat”), but these connections seem unconvincing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.rɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰa.re̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/

Noun

ἀθᾰ́ρη • (athárē) f (genitive ἀθᾰ́ρης); first declension

gruel, porridge
Synonym: γρούτη (groútē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθᾰ́ρη; τῆς ἀθᾰ́ρης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθᾰ́ρη hē athárē	τὼ ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ athárā	αἱ ἀθᾰ́ραι hai athárai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθᾰ́ρης tês athárēs	τοῖν ἀθᾰ́ραιν toîn athárain	τῶν ἀθᾰρῶν tôn atharôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθᾰ́ρῃ têi athárēi	τοῖν ἀθᾰ́ραιν toîn athárain	ταῖς ἀθᾰ́ραις taîs athárais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθᾰ́ρην tḕn athárēn	τὼ ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ athárā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s athárās
Vocative	ἀθᾰ́ρη athárē	ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ athárā	ἀθᾰ́ραι athárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀθᾰρώδης (atharṓdēs)

“ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀθάρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀθάρη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀθάρη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28