ἐξαυστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξαύω (exaúō, “to take out dressed meat”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.sau̯s.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ek.saɸsˈtir/ → /ek.safsˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.sau̯s.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.saʍsˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.saɸsˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.safsˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.safsˈtir/

Noun

ἐξαυστήρ • (exaustḗr) m (genitive ἐξαυστῆρος); third declension

1. flesh-hook for taking meat out of a pot

   Synonym: κρεάγρα (kreágra)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐξαυστήρ; τοῦ ἐξαυστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐξαυστήρ ho exaustḗr	τὼ ἐξαυστῆρε tṑ exaustêre	οἱ ἐξαυστῆρες hoi exaustêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἐξαυστῆρος toû exaustêros	τοῖν ἐξαυστήροιν toîn exaustḗroin	τῶν ἐξαυστήρων tôn exaustḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐξαυστῆρῐ tôi exaustêri	τοῖν ἐξαυστήροιν toîn exaustḗroin	τοῖς ἐξαυστῆρσῐ / ἐξαυστῆρσῐν toîs exaustêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐξαυστῆρᾰ tòn exaustêra	τὼ ἐξαυστῆρε tṑ exaustêre	τοὺς ἐξαυστῆρᾰς toùs exaustêras
Vocative	ἐξαυστήρ exaustḗr	ἐξαυστῆρε exaustêre	ἐξαυστῆρες exaustêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐξαυστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐξαυστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette