νέκταρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”), with the meaning of "overcoming death".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nék.tar/ → /ˈnek.tar/ → /ˈnek.tar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nék.tar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnek.tar/

Noun

νέκτᾰρ • (néktar) n (genitive νέκτᾰρος); third declension

1. nectar, the specific nourishment (drink) of the gods

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νέκτᾰρ; τοῦ νέκτᾰρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νέκτᾰρ tò néktar	τὼ νέκτᾰρε tṑ néktare	τᾰ̀ νέκτᾰρες tà néktares
Genitive	τοῦ νέκτᾰρος toû néktaros	τοῖν νεκτᾰ́ροιν toîn nektároin	τῶν νεκτᾰ́ρων tôn nektárōn
Dative	τῷ νέκτᾰρῐ tôi néktari	τοῖν νεκτᾰ́ροιν toîn nektároin	τοῖς νέκτᾰρσῐ / νέκτᾰρσῐν toîs néktarsi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νέκτᾰρᾰ tò néktara	τὼ νέκτᾰρε tṑ néktare	τᾰ̀ νέκτᾰρᾰς tà néktaras
Vocative	νέκτᾰρ néktar	νέκτᾰρε néktare	νέκτᾰρες néktares
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• ἀμβροσία (ambrosía)

Descendants

• → Latin: nectar

Further reading

• “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.

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Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

νέκταρ • (néktar) f (uncountable)

1. (Greek mythology) nectar, (the drink of the gods)
2. (by extension) an especially delicious drink

Declension

  νέκταρ

case     \     number	singular
nominative	νέκταρ •
genitive	νέκταρος •
accusative	νέκταρ •
vocative	νέκταρ •

Coordinate terms

• αμβροσία f (amvrosía, “ambrosia”)

Further reading

• νέκταρ on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el