ἀμηρᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أمير.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.miˈras/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.miˈras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.miˈras/

Noun

ἀμηρᾶς • (amērâs) m (genitive ἀμηρᾶ); first declension

1. (Byzantine) emir

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀμηρᾶς; τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀμηρᾶς ho amērâs	τὼ ἀμηρᾶ tṑ amērâ	οἱ ἀμηραῖ hoi amēraî
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ toû amērâ	τοῖν ἀμηραῖν toîn amēraîn	τῶν ἀμηρῶν tôn amērôn
Dative	τῷ ἀμηρᾷ tôi amērâi	τοῖν ἀμηραῖν toîn amēraîn	τοῖς ἀμηραῖς toîs amēraîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀμηρᾶν tòn amērân	τὼ ἀμηρᾶ tṑ amērâ	τοὺς ἀμηρᾶς toùs amērâs
Vocative	ἀμηρᾶ amērâ	ἀμηρᾶ amērâ	ἀμηραῖ amēraî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Alternative forms

• ἀμηραῖος (amēraîos)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “ἀμηρᾶς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 127