ὑστέρα

See also: ύστερα and ὕστερα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῠ̔στέρη (hustérē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ustérā, from Proto-Indo-European *udtéreh₂. Originally feminine form of the adjective ὕστερος (hústeros) with the original sense "outer", from Proto-Indo-European *údteros (“higher, outer”), perhaps through a construction such as ὑστέρα μήτρᾱ (hustéra mḗtrā), originally denoting "the upper/protruding part" and hence "the belly". From the same root but with a different suffix – i.e. from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“stomach”) – we see Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly”) and Latin uterus (“womb”). Compare also Ancient Greek ὕδερος (húderos, “dropsy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hys.té.raː/ → /ysˈte.ra/ → /isˈte.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hys.té.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈte.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈte.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈte.ra/

Noun

ῠ̔στέρᾱ • (hustérā) f (genitive ῠ̔στέρᾱς); first declension

1. uterus, womb
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 493a.25

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ hē hustérā	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā	αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tês hustérās	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain	τῶν ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husterôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔στέρᾳ têi hustérāi	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain	ταῖς ῠ̔στέραις taîs hustérais
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔στέρᾱν tḕn hustérān	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās
Vocative	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā	ῠ̔στέραι hustérai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔στέρη; τῆς ῠ̔στέρης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔στέρη hē hustérē	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā	αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔στέρης tês hustérēs	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain	τῶν ῠ̔στερέων / ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husteréōn / husterôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔στέρῃ têi hustérēi	τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῠ̔στέρῃσῐ / ῠ̔στέρῃσῐν têisi(n) hustérēisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔στέρην tḕn hustérēn	τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās
Vocative	ῠ̔στέρη hustérē	ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā	ῠ̔στέραι hustérai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ὑστερικός (husterikós)

Adjective

ὑστέρᾱ • (hustérā)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ὕστερος (hústeros)

References

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