ῥυτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From ἐρύω (erúō, “to draw, stretch”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ryˈtir/ → /riˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ryˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ryˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ryˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /riˈtir/

Noun

ῥῡτήρ • (rhūtḗr) m (genitive ῥῡτῆρος); third declension

1. one who draws or stretches
2. strap by which one holds a horse, rein

   Synonyms: ἡνία (hēnía), χαλινός (khalinós)

3. strap to flog with

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῥῡτήρ; τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῡτήρ ho rhūtḗr	τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre	οἱ ῥῡτῆρες hoi rhūtêres
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος toû rhūtêros	τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin	τῶν ῥῡτήρων tôn rhūtḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῡτῆρῐ tôi rhūtêri	τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin	τοῖς ῥῡτῆρσῐ / ῥῡτῆρσῐν toîs rhūtêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῡτῆρᾰ tòn rhūtêra	τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre	τοὺς ῥῡτῆρᾰς toùs rhūtêras
Vocative	ῥῡτήρ rhūtḗr	ῥῡτῆρε rhūtêre	ῥῡτῆρες rhūtêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

From ἐρύω (erúō, “to protect, guard”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ryˈtir/ → /riˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥yː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ryˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ryˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ryˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /riˈtir/

Noun

ῥῡτήρ • (rhūtḗr) m (genitive ῥῡτῆρος); third declension

1. saviour, guard, defender

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῥῡτήρ; τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῡτήρ ho rhūtḗr	τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre	οἱ ῥῡτῆρες hoi rhūtêres
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῡτῆρος toû rhūtêros	τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin	τῶν ῥῡτήρων tôn rhūtḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῡτῆρῐ tôi rhūtêri	τοῖν ῥῡτήροιν toîn rhūtḗroin	τοῖς ῥῡτῆρσῐ / ῥῡτῆρσῐν toîs rhūtêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῡτῆρᾰ tòn rhūtêra	τὼ ῥῡτῆρε tṑ rhūtêre	τοὺς ῥῡτῆρᾰς toùs rhūtêras
Vocative	ῥῡτήρ rhūtḗr	ῥῡτῆρε rhūtêre	ῥῡτῆρες rhūtêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥυτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette