ἀθάρη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀθήρη (athḗrē)

Etymology

Unknown. Has been connected to ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn”) and with Latin ador (“wheat”), but these connections seem unconvincing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.rɛː/ → /aˈθa.ri/ → /aˈθa.ri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.rɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰa.re̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/

Noun

ἀθάρη • (athárē) f (genitive ἀθάρης); first declension

1. gruel, porridge

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθάρη; τῆς ἀθάρης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθάρη hē athárē	τὼ ἀθάρᾱ tṑ athárā	αἱ ἀθάραι hai athárai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθάρης tês athárēs	τοῖν ἀθάραιν toîn athárain	τῶν ἀθαρῶν tôn atharôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθάρῃ têi athárēi	τοῖν ἀθάραιν toîn athárain	ταῖς ἀθάραις taîs athárais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθάρην tḕn athárēn	τὼ ἀθάρᾱ tṑ athárā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθάρᾱς tā̀s athárās
Vocative	ἀθάρη athárē	ἀθάρᾱ athárā	ἀθάραι athárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀθάρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθάρη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)