ὄαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Looking at ὀαρίζω (oarízō, “to converse, chat with”), it is thought that this word originally meant "confidential intercourse", whence "confidential company, wife". A good etymology has not been found. According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek. Maybe from *h₁ós-r̥ "female", whence also feminine numeral *tisr-, according to Kim.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.ar/ → /ˈo.ar/ → /ˈo.ar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.ar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ar/

Noun

ὄᾰρ • (óar) f (genitive ὄᾰρος); third declension

1. wife, spouse

   Synonyms: γυνή (gunḗ), ἄλοχος (álokhos), σύνευνος (súneunos), ἄκοιτις (ákoitis), σύλλεκτρος (súllektros), εὖνις (eûnis), παράκοιτις (parákoitis), συνευνέτις (suneunétis), συνάορος (sunáoros), συμβία (sumbía), δάμαρ (dámar), ὁμευνέτις (homeunétis), σύζυγος (súzugos), εὐνάτειρα (eunáteira), ευνήτρια (eunḗtria)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ὄᾰρ; τῆς ὄᾰρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄᾰρ hē óar	τὼ ὄᾰρε tṑ óare	αἱ ὄᾰρες hai óares
Genitive	τῆς ὄᾰρος tês óaros	τοῖν ὀᾰ́ροιν toîn oároin	τῶν ὀᾰ́ρων tôn oárōn
Dative	τῇ ὄᾰρῐ têi óari	τοῖν ὀᾰ́ροιν toîn oároin	ταῖς ὄᾰρσῐ / ὄᾰρσῐν taîs óarsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὄᾰρᾰ tḕn óara	τὼ ὄᾰρε tṑ óare	τᾱ̀ς ὄᾰρᾰς tā̀s óaras
Vocative	ὄᾰρ óar	ὄᾰρε óare	ὄᾰρες óares
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀαρίζω (oarízō)
• ὀάρισμα (oárisma)
• ὀαρισμός (oarismós)
• ὀαριστής (oaristḗs)
• ὀαριστύς (oaristús)
• ὄαρος (óaros)

 

Further reading

• “ὄαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὄαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄαρ 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