τιάρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τιήρης (tiḗrēs) — Ionic
• τῐᾱ́ρᾱς (tiā́rās)

Etymology

Oriental foreign word of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ti.ǎː.raː/ → /tiˈa.ra/ → /tiˈa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ti.ǎː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tiˈa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈa.ra/

Noun

τῐᾱ́ρᾱ • (tiā́rā) f (genitive τιᾱ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. tiara, the Persian headdress used on solemn occasions

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τιᾱ́ρᾱ; τῆς τιᾱ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τιᾱ́ρᾱ hē tiā́rā	τὼ τιᾱ́ρᾱ tṑ tiā́rā	αἱ τιᾶραι hai tiârai
Genitive	τῆς τιᾱ́ρᾱς tês tiā́rās	τοῖν τιᾱ́ραιν toîn tiā́rain	τῶν τιᾱρῶν tôn tiārôn
Dative	τῇ τιᾱ́ρᾳ têi tiā́rāi	τοῖν τιᾱ́ραιν toîn tiā́rain	ταῖς τιᾱ́ραις taîs tiā́rais
Accusative	τὴν τιᾱ́ρᾱν tḕn tiā́rān	τὼ τιᾱ́ρᾱ tṑ tiā́rā	τᾱ̀ς τιᾱ́ρᾱς tā̀s tiā́rās
Vocative	τιᾱ́ρᾱ tiā́rā	τιᾱ́ρᾱ tiā́rā	τιᾶραι tiârai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τῐᾱρᾰφόρος (tiāraphóros)
• τῐᾱρόδεσμον (tiāródesmon)
• τῐᾱροειδής (tiāroeidḗs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: tiāra

Further reading

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