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εταίρος

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros) with semantic loan from French associé and partenaire and from English partner.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈte.ɾos/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧ταί‧ρος

Noun

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εταίρος (etaírosm (plural εταίροι)

  1. fellow (a member of a learned or professional society)
  2. (Freemasonry) fellowcraft (a Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry)
  3. partner (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest)
  4. (Ancient Greece, historical) hetairos (a companion of an ancient Greek king, especially as a member of the elite companion cavalry of the Macedonian kings)

Declension

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Declension of εταίρος
singular plural
nominative εταίρος (etaíros) εταίροι (etaíroi)
genitive εταίρου (etaírou) εταίρων (etaíron)
accusative εταίρο (etaíro) εταίρους (etaírous)
vocative εταίρε (etaíre) εταίροι (etaíroi)
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References

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  1. ^ εταίρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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