προστάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of προΐστημι (proḯstēmi, “to stand in front”) + -της (-tēs), the former from προ- (pro-) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pros.tá.tɛːs/ → /prosˈta.tis/ → /prosˈta.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pros.tá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /prosˈta.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /prosˈta.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /prosˈta.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /prosˈta.tis/

Noun

προστάτης • (prostátēs) m (genitive προστάτου); first declension

1. front ranksman
2. chief, leader, president, ruler
3. protector, guard, champion, patron
4. suppliant
5. (Koine, anatomy) prostate (gland)

Declension

First declension of ὁ προστᾰ́της; τοῦ προστᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ προστᾰ́της ho prostátēs	τὼ προστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ prostátā	οἱ προστᾰ́ται hoi prostátai
Genitive	τοῦ προστᾰ́του toû prostátou	τοῖν προστᾰ́ταιν toîn prostátain	τῶν προστᾰτῶν tôn prostatôn
Dative	τῷ προστᾰ́τῃ tôi prostátēi	τοῖν προστᾰ́ταιν toîn prostátain	τοῖς προστᾰ́ταις toîs prostátais
Accusative	τὸν προστᾰ́την tòn prostátēn	τὼ προστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ prostátā	τοὺς προστᾰ́τᾱς toùs prostátās
Vocative	προστᾰ́τᾰ prostáta	προστᾰ́τᾱ prostátā	προστᾰ́ται prostátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• προστατέω (prostatéō)
• προστατεύω (prostateúō)

Descendants

• → Belarusian: праста́та (prastáta)
• → Coptic: ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲏⲥ (prostatēs)
• Greek: προστάτης (prostátis)
• → Medieval Latin: prostata (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: простата (prostata)
• → Russian: проста́та (prostáta)

Further reading

• προστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “προστάτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “προστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • champion idem, page 123.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • defender idem, page 204.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • guardian idem, page 377.
  • leader idem, page 482.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • party leader idem, page 595.
  • patron idem, page 599.
  • president idem, page 637.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • protector idem, page 653.
  • representative idem, page 698.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • suppliant idem, page 840.
  • upholder idem, page 938.
  • warder idem, page 964.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈsta.tis/

Noun

προστάτης • (prostátis) m (plural προστάτες, feminine προστάτιδα)

1. protector
2. pimp
3. (anatomy) prostate

Declension

Declension of προστάτης

	singular	plural
nominative	προστάτης •	προστάτες •
genitive	προστάτη •	προστατών •
accusative	προστάτη •	προστάτες •
vocative	προστάτη •	προστάτες •

Related terms

• see: προστασία f (prostasía, “protection”)

Descendants

→ Aromanian: prustat

Further reading

• (prostate): προστάτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• προστάτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language