τέταρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τατύρας (tatúras)

Etymology

Liddell and Scott remark that the word is a loan from the Orient, possibly Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh (“pheasant”), referring to Middle Persian [script needed] (tedzrev, “pheasant”). They further compare Lithuanian tetervà (“black grouse”). Athenaeus of Naucratis states that this word was imported from Media. See also τέτραξ (tétrax, “hazel grouse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.ta.ros/ → /ˈte.ta.ros/ → /ˈte.ta.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ta.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ta.ros/

Noun

τέτᾰρος • (tétaros) m (genitive τετᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

   Synonym: φασιανός (phasianós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τέτᾰρος; τοῦ τετᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τέτᾰρος ho tétaros	τὼ τετᾰ́ρω tṑ tetárō	οἱ τέτᾰροι hoi tétaroi
Genitive	τοῦ τετᾰ́ρου toû tetárou	τοῖν τετᾰ́ροιν toîn tetároin	τῶν τετᾰ́ρων tôn tetárōn
Dative	τῷ τετᾰ́ρῳ tôi tetárōi	τοῖν τετᾰ́ροιν toîn tetároin	τοῖς τετᾰ́ροις toîs tetárois
Accusative	τὸν τέτᾰρον tòn tétaron	τὼ τετᾰ́ρω tṑ tetárō	τοὺς τετᾰ́ρους toùs tetárous
Vocative	τέτᾰρε tétare	τετᾰ́ρω tetárō	τέτᾰροι tétaroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τέταρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τέταρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN