πριστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρῐ́ω (prĭ́ō, “to saw”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pris.tɛ̌ːr/ → /prisˈtir/ → /prisˈtir/

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

Noun

πρῐστήρ • (prĭstḗr) m (genitive πρῐστῆρος); third declension

1. saw
2. sawyer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πρῐστήρ; τοῦ πρῐστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρῐστήρ ho prĭstḗr	τὼ πρῐστῆρε tṑ prĭstêre	οἱ πρῐστῆρες hoi prĭstêres
Genitive	τοῦ πρῐστῆρος toû prĭstêros	τοῖν πρῐστήροιν toîn prĭstḗroin	τῶν πρῐστήρων tôn prĭstḗrōn
Dative	τῷ πρῐστῆρῐ tôi prĭstêrĭ	τοῖν πρῐστήροιν toîn prĭstḗroin	τοῖς πρῐστῆρσῐ / πρῐστῆρσῐν toîs prĭstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πρῐστῆρᾰ tòn prĭstêră	τὼ πρῐστῆρε tṑ prĭstêre	τοὺς πρῐστῆρᾰς toùs prĭstêrăs
Vocative	πρῐστήρ prĭstḗr	πρῐστῆρε prĭstêre	πρῐστῆρες prĭstêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πριστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πριστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πριστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette