κριτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “I discern, judge”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “masculine agent suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kri.tɛ̌ːr/ → /kriˈtir/ → /kriˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kri.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kriˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kriˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kriˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kriˈtir/

Noun

κρῐτήρ • (kritḗr) m (genitive κρῐτῆρος); third declension

1. interpreter

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κρῐτήρ; τοῦ κρῐτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρῐτήρ ho kritḗr	τὼ κρῐτῆρε tṑ kritêre	οἱ κρῐτῆρες hoi kritêres
Genitive	τοῦ κρῐτῆρος toû kritêros	τοῖν κρῐτήροιν toîn kritḗroin	τῶν κρῐτήρων tôn kritḗrōn
Dative	τῷ κρῐτῆρῐ tôi kritêri	τοῖν κρῐτήροιν toîn kritḗroin	τοῖς κρῐτῆρσῐ / κρῐτῆρσῐν toîs kritêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρῐτῆρᾰ tòn kritêra	τὼ κρῐτῆρε tṑ kritêre	τοὺς κρῐτῆρᾰς toùs kritêras
Vocative	κρῐτήρ kritḗr	κρῐτῆρε kritêre	κρῐτῆρες kritêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κριτήριον (kritḗrion)