πτέρις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πτερῐ́ς (pterís)
Etymology
From πτερόν (pterón, “feather”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pté.ris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ris/
Noun
πτέρῐς • (ptéris) f (genitive πτέρεως); third declension
- male fern (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- polypody (Polypodium vulgare)
- (the phrase, νυμφαία πτερίς) bracken (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πτέρῐς hē ptéris |
τὼ πτέρει tṑ ptérei |
αἱ πτέρεις hai ptéreis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πτέρεως tês ptéreōs |
τοῖν πτερέοιν toîn pteréoin |
τῶν πτέρεων tôn ptéreōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πτέρει têi ptérei |
τοῖν πτερέοιν toîn pteréoin |
ταῖς πτέρεσῐ / πτέρεσῐν taîs ptéresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πτέρῐν tḕn ptérin |
τὼ πτέρει tṑ ptérei |
τᾱ̀ς πτέρεις tā̀s ptéreis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτέρῐ ptéri |
πτέρει ptérei |
πτέρεις ptéreis | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (polypody): πολυπόδιον (polupódion)
- (bracken): θηλυπτερίς (thēlupterís)
Descendants
- Greek: πτέρις (ptéris)
- Arabic: بِطاريس (biṭārīs)
- Latin: pteris
- English: pterido-
- Middle Armenian: պտեր (pter)
- Armenian: պտեր (pter)
- Translingual: Pteris, Pteridium
References
- “πτερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պտեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 110–111