ἐλατήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.la.tɛ̌ːr/ → /e.laˈtir/ → /e.laˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.la.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.laˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.laˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.laˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.laˈtir/

Noun

ἐλᾰτήρ • (elatḗr) m (genitive ἐλᾰτῆρος); third declension

1. driver, especially of horses, charioteer
2. rower, oarsman

   Synonym: ἐρέτης (erétēs)

3. one that drives away
4. kind of broad, flat cake

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐλᾰτήρ; τοῦ ἐλᾰτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐλᾰτήρ ho elatḗr	τὼ ἐλᾰτῆρε tṑ elatêre	οἱ ἐλᾰτῆρες hoi elatêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλᾰτῆρος toû elatêros	τοῖν ἐλᾰτήροιν toîn elatḗroin	τῶν ἐλᾰτήρων tôn elatḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλᾰτῆρῐ tôi elatêri	τοῖν ἐλᾰτήροιν toîn elatḗroin	τοῖς ἐλᾰτῆρσῐ / ἐλᾰτῆρσῐν toîs elatêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐλᾰτῆρᾰ tòn elatêra	τὼ ἐλᾰτῆρε tṑ elatêre	τοὺς ἐλᾰτῆρᾰς toùs elatêras
Vocative	ἐλᾰτήρ elatḗr	ἐλᾰτῆρε elatêre	ἐλᾰτῆρες elatêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → New Latin: elatēr (learned)
  • → English: elater (learned)

Further reading

• “ἐλατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐλατήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐλατήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλατήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐλατήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)