θυτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to sacrifice, slay”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.tɛ̌ːr/ → /θyˈtir/ → /θiˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈtir/

Noun

θῠτήρ • (thŭtḗr) m (genitive θῠτῆρος); third declension

1. sacrificer, slayer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ θῠτήρ; τοῦ θῠτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θῠτήρ ho thŭtḗr	τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thŭtêre	οἱ θῠτῆρες hoi thŭtêres
Genitive	τοῦ θῠτῆρος toû thŭtêros	τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thŭtḗroin	τῶν θῠτήρων tôn thŭtḗrōn
Dative	τῷ θῠτῆρῐ tôi thŭtêrĭ	τοῖν θῠτήροιν toîn thŭtḗroin	τοῖς θῠτῆρσῐ / θῠτῆρσῐν toîs thŭtêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν θῠτῆρᾰ tòn thŭtêră	τὼ θῠτῆρε tṑ thŭtêre	τοὺς θῠτῆρᾰς toùs thŭtêrăs
Vocative	θῠτήρ thŭtḗr	θῠτῆρε thŭtêre	θῠτῆρες thŭtêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θυτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette