ἵστωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓́στωρ (ístōr)
• ϝῐ́στωρ (wístōr) — Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hís.tɔːr/ → /ˈis.tor/ → /ˈis.tor/

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

Noun

ῐ̔́στωρ • (hístōr) m (genitive ῐ̔́στορος); third declension

1. one who knows law and right, judge
2. witness
3. a wise man

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ; τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ ho hístōr	τὼ ῐ̔́στορε tṑ hístore	οἱ ῐ̔́στορες hoi hístores
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος toû hístoros	τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν toîn históroin	τῶν ῐ̔στόρων tôn histórōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔́στορῐ tôi hístori	τοῖν ῐ̔στόροιν toîn históroin	τοῖς ῐ̔́στορσῐ / ῐ̔́στορσῐν toîs hístorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔́στορᾰ tòn hístora	τὼ ῐ̔́στορε tṑ hístore	τοὺς ῐ̔́στορᾰς toùs hístoras
Vocative	ῐ̔́στορ hístor	ῐ̔́στορε hístore	ῐ̔́στορες hístores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱστορέω (historéō)
• ἱστορίᾱ (historíā)
• ἱστόριον (histórion)

 

Further reading

• “ἵστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἵστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers