κράτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, “a suffix forming agent nouns”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.tɔːr/ → /ˈkra.tor/ → /ˈkra.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tor/

Noun

κράτωρ • (krátōr) m (genitive κράτορος); third declension

1. a ruler, potentate

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κρά̆τωρ; τοῦ κρᾰ́τορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρά̆τωρ ho krátōr	τὼ κρᾰ́τορε tṑ krátore	οἱ κρᾰ́τορες hoi krátores
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾰ́τορος toû krátoros	τοῖν κρᾰτόροιν toîn kratóroin	τῶν κρᾰτόρων tôn kratórōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾰ́τορῐ tôi krátori	τοῖν κρᾰτόροιν toîn kratóroin	τοῖς κρᾰ́τορσῐ / κρᾰ́τορσῐν toîs krátorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρᾰ́τορᾰ tòn krátora	τὼ κρᾰ́τορε tṑ krátore	τοὺς κρᾰ́τορᾰς toùs krátoras
Vocative	κρᾰ́τορ krátor	κρᾰ́τορε krátore	κρᾰ́τορες krátores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• κράτειρα f (kráteira)

Further reading

• “κράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press