ἕστωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Frisk thinks that the word may be an agent noun of Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hés.tɔːr/ → /ˈes.tor/ → /ˈes.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hés.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)es.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tor/

Noun

ἕστωρ • (héstōr) m (genitive ἕστορος); third declension

1. peg at the end of the chariot pole, passing through the yoke and having a ring affixed

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἕστωρ; τοῦ ἕστορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἕστωρ ho héstōr	τὼ ἕστορε tṑ héstore	οἱ ἕστορες hoi héstores
Genitive	τοῦ ἕστορος toû héstoros	τοῖν ἑστόροιν toîn hestóroin	τῶν ἑστόρων tôn hestórōn
Dative	τῷ ἕστορῐ tôi héstori	τοῖν ἑστόροιν toîn hestóroin	τοῖς ἕστορσῐ / ἕστορσῐν toîs héstorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἕστορᾰ tòn héstora	τὼ ἕστορε tṑ héstore	τοὺς ἕστορᾰς toùs héstoras
Vocative	ἕστορ héstor	ἕστορε héstore	ἕστορες héstores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἕστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕστωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕστωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN