ἀθήρ

See also: αθήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνθέριξ (anthérix)

Etymology

Not related to Latin ador (“hulled wheat”) nor to ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). According to Beekes, the nasalized form ἀνθέριξ (anthérix) points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ːr/ → /aˈθir/ → /aˈθir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθir/

Noun

ἀθήρ • (athḗr) m (genitive ἀθέρος); third declension

1. (botany) awn
2. (in the plural) chaff
3. barb of a weapon
4. spine or prickle of a fish

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀθήρ; τοῦ ἀθέρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀθήρ ho athḗr	τὼ ἀθέρε tṑ athére	οἱ ἀθέρες hoi athéres
Genitive	τοῦ ἀθέρος toû athéros	τοῖν ἀθέροιν toîn athéroin	τῶν ἀθέρων tôn athérōn
Dative	τῷ ἀθέρῐ tôi athéri	τοῖν ἀθέροιν toîn athéroin	τοῖς ἀθέρσῐ / ἀθέρσῐν toîs athérsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀθέρᾰ tòn athéra	τὼ ἀθέρε tṑ athére	τοὺς ἀθέρᾰς toùs athéras
Vocative	ἀθήρ athḗr	ἀθέρε athére	ἀθέρες athéres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀθερηίς (atherēís)
• ἀθερίνη (atherínē)
• ἀθερώδης (atherṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: αθέρας (athéras), αθήρ (athír)

Further reading

• “ἀθήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀθήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀθήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29