πατέρας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.té.ras/ → /paˈte.ras/ → /paˈte.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.té.ras/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈte.ras/

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras)

1. accusative plural of πατήρ (patḗr)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr), from Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈteras/
• Hyphenation: πα‧τέ‧ρας

Noun

πατέρας • (patéras) m (plural πατέρες or πατεράδες, feminine μητέρα)

1. (with double plural) father; a male parent
2. (with plural πατέρες)
   1. Father (form of address for monk or priest)

      Synonym: πατήρ (patír)

   2. (figuratively) founder of a science
   3. (in the plural) ancestors

Declension

Declension of πατέρας

	singular	plural
nominative	πατέρας •	πατέρες •
genitive	πατέρα •,  πατέρας •	πατερών •
accusative	πατέρα •	πατέρες •
vocative	πατέρα •	πατέρες •
The second genitive singular is a colloquial feminine form. Plural πατέρες is used formally for addressing priests, for sense founders, forefathers. Plural πατεράδες is used for sense dads

Related terms

• πατερούλης m (pateroúlis)
• πατρικός (patrikós, “fatherly”)
• πατροκτονία (patroktonía, “patricide”)

 

Coordinate terms

see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Further reading

• “πατέρας”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998