χήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”) and identical with Latin ēr (“hedgehog”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ːr/ → /ˈçir/ → /ˈçir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçir/

Noun

χήρ • (khḗr) m (genitive χηρός); third declension

1. hedgehog

   Synonym: ἀκανθίων (akanthíōn)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χήρ; τοῦ χηρός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χήρ ho khḗr	τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre	οἱ χῆρες hoi khêres
Genitive	τοῦ χηρός toû khērós	τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn	τῶν χηρῶν tôn khērôn
Dative	τῷ χηρῐ́ tōî khērĭ́	τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn	τοῖς χηρσῐ́ / χηρσῐ́ν toîs khērsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν χῆρᾰ tòn khêră	τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre	τοὺς χῆρᾰς toùs khêrăs
Vocative	χήρ khḗr	χῆρε khêre	χῆρες khêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “χήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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