ἦτορ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tr̥, from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Cognates include Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar, and Old English ǣdre.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.tor/ → /ˈi.tor/ → /ˈi.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.tor/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tor/

Noun

ἦτορ • (êtor) n (genitive ἤτορος); third declension

1. (Epic) the heart, as the seat of life, passion, desire, etc.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἦτορ; τοῦ ἤτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἦτορ tò êtor	τὼ ἤτορε tṑ ḗtore	τᾰ̀ ἤτορᾰ tà ḗtora
Genitive	τοῦ ἤτορος toû ḗtoros	τοῖν ἠτόροιν toîn ētóroin	τῶν ἠτόρων tôn ētórōn
Dative	τῷ ἤτορῐ tôi ḗtori	τοῖν ἠτόροιν toîn ētóroin	τοῖς ἤτορσῐ / ἤτορσῐν toîs ḗtorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἦτορ tò êtor	τὼ ἤτορε tṑ ḗtore	τᾰ̀ ἤτορᾰ tà ḗtora
Vocative	ἦτορ êtor	ἤτορε ḗtore	ἤτορᾰ ḗtora
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μεγαλήτωρ (megalḗtōr)

Further reading

• “ἦτορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἦτορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἦτορ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἦτορ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἦτορ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἦτορ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter