κράτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, “a suffix forming agent nouns”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.tɔːr/ → /ˈkra.tor/ → /ˈkra.tor/

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

Noun

κράτωρ • (krátōr) m (genitive κράτορος); third declension

1. a ruler, potentate

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κρᾰ́τωρ; τοῦ κρᾰ́τορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρᾰ́τωρ ho krắtōr	τὼ κρᾰ́τορε tṑ krắtore	οἱ κρᾰ́τορες hoi krắtores
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾰ́τορος toû krắtoros	τοῖν κρᾰτόροιν toîn krătóroin	τῶν κρᾰτόρων tôn krătórōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾰ́τορῐ tôi krắtorĭ	τοῖν κρᾰτόροιν toîn krătóroin	τοῖς κρᾰ́τορσῐ / κρᾰ́τορσῐν toîs krắtorsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρᾰ́τορᾰ tòn krắtoră	τὼ κρᾰ́τορε tṑ krắtore	τοὺς κρᾰ́τορᾰς toùs krắtorăs
Vocative	κρᾰ́τορ krắtor	κρᾰ́τορε krắtore	κρᾰ́τορες krắtores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• κράτειρα f (kráteira)

Further reading

• “κράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press