δώτωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δωτήρ (dōtḗr)
• δῶτωρ (dôtōr)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence also δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”)). Cognates include Sanskrit दातृ (dā́tṛ) and Latin dator.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̌ː.tɔːr/ → /ˈðo.tor/ → /ˈðo.tor/

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

Noun

δώτωρ • (dṓtōr) m (genitive δώτορος); third declension

1. giver

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δώτωρ; τοῦ δώτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δώτωρ ho dṓtōr	τὼ δώτορε tṑ dṓtore	οἱ δώτορες hoi dṓtores
Genitive	τοῦ δώτορος toû dṓtoros	τοῖν δωτόροιν toîn dōtóroin	τῶν δωτόρων tôn dōtórōn
Dative	τῷ δώτορῐ tôi dṓtori	τοῖν δωτόροιν toîn dōtóroin	τοῖς δώτορσῐ / δώτορσῐν toîs dṓtorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δώτορᾰ tòn dṓtora	τὼ δώτορε tṑ dṓtore	τοὺς δώτορᾰς toùs dṓtoras
Vocative	δῶτορ dôtor	δώτορε dṓtore	δώτορες dṓtores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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