ἔναρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Schwyzer compared Sanskrit सनर (sanara), of uncertain meaning. Connection with Sanskrit सनोति (sanoti, “to win”) would impart this word the original meaning "gain, booty"; one would have to accept psilosis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.na.ra/ → /ˈe.na.ra/ → /ˈe.na.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.na.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.na.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.na.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.na.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.na.ra/

Noun

ἔνᾰρα • (énara) n pl (genitive ἐνᾰ́ρων); second declension

1. spoils, weapons and trappings of a slain foe
2. (in general) spoil, booty

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἔνᾰρᾰ; τῶν ἐνᾰ́ρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἔνᾰρᾰ tà énara
Genitive	τῶν ἐνᾰ́ρων tôn enárōn
Dative	τοῖς ἐνᾰ́ροις toîs enárois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἔνᾰρᾰ tà énara
Vocative	ἔνᾰρᾰ énara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐναίρω (enaírō)
• ἐνᾰρηφόρος (enarēphóros)
• ἐνᾰροκτᾰ́ντας (enaroktántas)
• ἐνᾰρῐ́ζω (enarízō)
• ἐνᾰρῐ́μβροτος (enarímbrotos)

 

Further reading

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