δαιτρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δαίω (daíō, “to divide”) +‎ -τρος (-tros, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.trós/ → /ðɛˈtros/ → /ðeˈtros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.trós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛˈtros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛˈtros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈtros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈtros/

Noun

δαιτρός • (daitrós) m (genitive δαιτροῦ); second declension

1. one that carves and portions out meat at table
2. hereditary priest who officiated at the Dipolia

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δαιτρός; τοῦ δαιτροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δαιτρός ho daitrós	τὼ δαιτρώ tṑ daitrṓ	οἱ δαιτροί hoi daitroí
Genitive	τοῦ δαιτροῦ toû daitroû	τοῖν δαιτροῖν toîn daitroîn	τῶν δαιτρῶν tôn daitrôn
Dative	τῷ δαιτρῷ tôi daitrôi	τοῖν δαιτροῖν toîn daitroîn	τοῖς δαιτροῖς toîs daitroîs
Accusative	τὸν δαιτρόν tòn daitrón	τὼ δαιτρώ tṑ daitrṓ	τοὺς δαιτρούς toùs daitroús
Vocative	δαιτρέ daitré	δαιτρώ daitrṓ	δαιτροί daitroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δαιτρεία (daitreía)
• δαιτρευτῶς (daitreutôs)
• δαιτρεύω (daitreúō)
• δαιτροπόνος (daitropónos)
• δαιτροσύνη (daitrosúnē)

 

Further reading

• “δαιτρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαιτρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δαιτρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δαιτρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιτρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δαιτρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)