ἐργαστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, “to work”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡas.tɛ̌ːr/ → /er.ɣasˈtir/ → /er.ɣasˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡas.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /er.ɡasˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/

Noun

ἐργᾰστήρ • (ergastḗr) m (genitive ἐργᾰστῆρος); third declension

1. a workman

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ; τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ ho ergastḗr	τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergastêre	οἱ ἐργᾰστῆρες hoi ergastêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος toû ergastêros	τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergastḗroin	τῶν ἐργᾰστήρων tôn ergastḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐργᾰστῆρῐ tôi ergastêri	τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergastḗroin	τοῖς ἐργᾰστῆρσῐ / ἐργᾰστῆρσῐν toîs ergastêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐργᾰστῆρᾰ tòn ergastêra	τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergastêre	τοὺς ἐργᾰστῆρᾰς toùs ergastêras
Vocative	ἐργᾰστήρ ergastḗr	ἐργᾰστῆρε ergastêre	ἐργᾰστῆρες ergastêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ergaster
• Greek: εργαστήρας (ergastíras)

Further reading

• “ἐργαστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐργαστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.