νέκταρ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”). Literally, “overcoming death”, and so called because it gave immortality.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nék.tar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnek.tar/
Noun[edit]
νέκτᾰρ • (néktar) n (genitive νέκτᾰρος); third declension
- nectar, the specific nourishment (drink) of the gods
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- νεκτάρεος (nektáreos)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- ἀμβροσία (ambrosía)
Further reading[edit]
- “νέκταρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέκταρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νέκταρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νέκταρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νέκταρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νέκταρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- nectar idem, page 554.
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).
Noun[edit]
νέκταρ • (néktar) f (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
νέκταρ
case \ number | singular |
---|---|
nominative | νέκταρ • |
genitive | νέκταρος • |
accusative | νέκταρ • |
vocative | νέκταρ • |
Coordinate terms[edit]
- αμβροσία f (amvrosía, “ambrosia”)
Further reading[edit]
- νέκταρ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
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