ἀρυτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ρῠ́ω (arúō, “to draw (water, wine, etc.)”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, masculine noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ry.tɛ̌ːr/ → /a.ryˈtir/ → /a.riˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ry.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ryˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.riˈtir/

Noun

ᾰ̓ρῠτήρ • (arutḗr) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρος); third declension

1. A ladle or cup.
2. Irrigation.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ρῠτήρ; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ρῠτήρ ho arutḗr	τὼ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρε tṑ arutêre	οἱ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρες hoi arutêres
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρος toû arutêros	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῠτήροιν toîn arutḗroin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρῠτήρων tôn arutḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρῐ tôi arutêri	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῠτήροιν toîn arutḗroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρσῐ / ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρσῐν toîs arutêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρᾰ tòn arutêra	τὼ ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρε tṑ arutêre	τοὺς ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρᾰς toùs arutêras
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρῠτήρ arutḗr	ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρε arutêre	ᾰ̓ρῠτῆρες arutêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (arútaina, feminine)

References

• “ἀρυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press