δάμαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δόμορτις (dómortis)

Etymology

Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house, home”), like δόμος (dómos, “dwelling”), and the root ἀρ- in ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to join, fit together”). Perhaps more likely from an -r/n-stem like Proto-Indo-European *dómh₂-r̥ (from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“tame”)), with the -τ- taken over from the n-stem forms.

However, the word could also be of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -αρ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.mar/ → /ˈða.mar/ → /ˈða.mar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.mar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.mar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.mar/

Noun

δᾰ́μᾰρ • (dámar) f (genitive δᾰ́μᾰρτος); third declension

1. wife, spouse

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ; τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰ́μᾰρ hē dámar	τὼ δᾰ́μᾰρτε tṑ dámarte	αἱ δᾰ́μᾰρτες hai dámartes
Genitive	τῆς δᾰ́μᾰρτος tês dámartos	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν toîn damártoin	τῶν δᾰμᾰ́ρτων tôn damártōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰ́μᾰρτῐ têi dámarti	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́ρτοιν toîn damártoin	ταῖς δᾰ́μᾰρσῐ / δᾰ́μᾰρσῐν taîs dámarsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰ tḕn dámarta	τὼ δᾰ́μᾰρτε tṑ dámarte	τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́μᾰρτᾰς tā̀s dámartas
Vocative	δᾰ́μᾰρ dámar	δᾰ́μᾰρτε dámarte	δᾰ́μᾰρτες dámartes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δάμαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δάμαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δάμαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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