ἁλτῆρες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to jump”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hal.tɛ̂ː.res/ → /alˈti.res/ → /alˈti.res/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hal.tɛ̂ː.res/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)alˈte̝.res/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈti.res/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈti.res/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈti.res/

Noun

ἁλτῆρες • (haltêres) m (genitive ἁλτήρων); third declension

1. (plural only) dumbbells

Declension

Third declension of οἱ ἁλτῆρες; τῶν ἁλτήρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ ἁλτῆρες hoi haltêres
Genitive	τῶν ἁλτήρων tôn haltḗrōn
Dative	τοῖς ἁλτῆρσῐ / ἁλτῆρσῐν toîs haltêrsi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς ἁλτῆρᾰς toùs haltêras
Vocative	ἁλτῆρες haltêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Catalan: halter
• → English: haltere
• → French: haltère
• Greek: αλτήρας (altíras)
• → Portuguese: haltere

Further reading

• ἁλτῆρες in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἁλτῆρες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette