ῥαιστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαίω (rhaíō, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ai̯s.tɛ̌ːr/ → /rɛsˈtir/ → /resˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ai̯s.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rɛsˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rɛsˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /resˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /resˈtir/

Noun

ῥαιστήρ • (rhaistḗr) m (genitive ῥαιστῆρος); third declension

1. hammer, smasher
2. (in general) destroyer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῥαιστήρ; τοῦ ῥαιστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥαιστήρ ho rhaistḗr	τὼ ῥαιστῆρε tṑ rhaistêre	οἱ ῥαιστῆρες hoi rhaistêres
Genitive	τοῦ ῥαιστῆρος toû rhaistêros	τοῖν ῥαιστήροιν toîn rhaistḗroin	τῶν ῥαιστήρων tôn rhaistḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ῥαιστῆρῐ tôi rhaistêri	τοῖν ῥαιστήροιν toîn rhaistḗroin	τοῖς ῥαιστῆρσῐ / ῥαιστῆρσῐν toîs rhaistêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥαιστῆρᾰ tòn rhaistêra	τὼ ῥαιστῆρε tṑ rhaistêre	τοὺς ῥαιστῆρᾰς toùs rhaistêras
Vocative	ῥαιστήρ rhaistḗr	ῥαιστῆρε rhaistêre	ῥαιστῆρες rhaistêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥαιστήριος (rhaistḗrios)
• ῥαιστηροκοπία (rhaistērokopía)

 

Further reading

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