μασητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰσά̆ομαι (masáomai, “to chew”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”); akin to μᾰστά̆ζω (mastázō), μᾰστῐχά̆ω (mastikháō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.sɛː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /ma.siˈtir/ → /ma.siˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.sɛː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.se̝ˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈtir/

Noun

μᾰσητήρ • (masētḗr) m (genitive μᾰσητῆρος); third declension

1. A chewer.

   μῦς μᾰσητήρ ― mûs masētḗr ― a muscle of the lower jaw, used in chewing; the masseter

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μᾰσητήρ; τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰσητήρ ho masētḗr	τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ masētêre	οἱ μᾰσητῆρες hoi masētêres
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος toû masētêros	τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn masētḗroin	τῶν μᾰσητήρων tôn masētḗrōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰσητῆρῐ tôi masētêri	τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn masētḗroin	τοῖς μᾰσητῆρσῐ / μᾰσητῆρσῐν toîs masētêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰσητῆρᾰ tòn masētêra	τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ masētêre	τοὺς μᾰσητῆρᾰς toùs masētêras
Vocative	μᾰσητήρ masētḗr	μᾰσητῆρε masētêre	μᾰσητῆρες masētêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: massētēr

→ English: masseter

References

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