μασητήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰσά̆ομαι (măsá̆omai, “to chew”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”); akin to μᾰστά̆ζω (măstá̆zō), μᾰστῐχά̆ω (măstĭkhá̆ō).

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 • (măsētḗr) m (genitive μᾰσητῆρος); third declension

1. A chewer.

   μῦς μᾰσητήρ ― mûs măsētḗr ― 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 măsētḗr	τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ măsētêre	οἱ μᾰσητῆρες hoi măsētêres
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰσητῆρος toû măsētêros	τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn măsētḗroin	τῶν μᾰσητήρων tôn măsētḗrōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰσητῆρῐ tôi măsētêrĭ	τοῖν μᾰσητήροιν toîn măsētḗroin	τοῖς μᾰσητῆρσῐ / μᾰσητῆρσῐν toîs măsētêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰσητῆρᾰ tòn măsētêră	τὼ μᾰσητῆρε tṑ măsētêre	τοὺς μᾰσητῆρᾰς toùs măsētêrăs
Vocative	μᾰσητήρ măsētḗr	μᾰσητῆρε măsētêre	μᾰσητῆρες măsētêres
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