μήστωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μήδομαι (mḗdomai) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ːs.tɔːr/ → /ˈmis.tor/ → /ˈmis.tor/

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

Noun

μήστωρ • (mḗstōr) m (genitive μήστωρος); third declension

1. (chiefly Epic) counselor, adviser

Declension

Third declension of μήστωρ; μήστωρος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μήστωρ mḗstōr	μήστωρε mḗstōre	μήστωρες mḗstōres
Genitive	μήστωρος mḗstōros	μηστώροιῐν mēstṓroiin	μηστώρων mēstṓrōn
Dative	μήστωρῐ mḗstōri	μηστώροιῐν mēstṓroiin	μήστωρσῐ / μήστωρσῐν / μηστώρεσσῐ / μηστώρεσσῐν / μηστώρεσῐ / μηστώρεσῐν mḗstōrsi(n) / mēstṓressi(n) / mēstṓresi(n)
Accusative	μήστωρᾰ mḗstōra	μήστωρε mḗstōre	μήστωρᾰς mḗstōras
Vocative	μήστωρ mḗstōr	μήστωρε mḗstōre	μήστωρες mḗstōres
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Μήστωρ (Mḗstōr)
• Πολυμήστωρ (Polumḗstōr)

 

Further reading

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