δηλητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “to destroy”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.lɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ði.liˈtir/ → /ði.liˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.lɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.le̝ˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.liˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.liˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.liˈtir/

Noun

δηλητήρ • (dēlētḗr) m (genitive δηλητῆρος); third declension

1. destroyer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δηλητήρ; τοῦ δηλητῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δηλητήρ ho dēlētḗr	τὼ δηλητῆρε tṑ dēlētêre	οἱ δηλητῆρες hoi dēlētêres
Genitive	τοῦ δηλητῆρος toû dēlētêros	τοῖν δηλητήροιν toîn dēlētḗroin	τῶν δηλητήρων tôn dēlētḗrōn
Dative	τῷ δηλητῆρῐ tôi dēlētêri	τοῖν δηλητήροιν toîn dēlētḗroin	τοῖς δηλητῆρσῐ / δηλητῆρσῐν toîs dēlētêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δηλητῆρᾰ tòn dēlētêra	τὼ δηλητῆρε tṑ dēlētêre	τοὺς δηλητῆρᾰς toùs dēlētêras
Vocative	δηλητήρ dēlētḗr	δηλητῆρε dēlētêre	δηλητῆρες dēlētêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrios)

Descendants

• → German: deletär

Further reading

• “δηλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δηλητήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δηλητήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δηλητήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δηλητήρ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften