ἀθάρη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀθήρη (athḗrē)

Etymology

Unknown. An Egyptian word according to Pliny. Has been connected to ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn”) and with Latin ador (“wheat”), but these connections seem unconvincing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.rɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰa.re̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.ri/

Noun

ἀθᾰ́ρη • (athắrē) f (genitive ἀθᾰ́ρης); first declension

gruel, porridge
Synonym: γρούτη (groútē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθᾰ́ρη; τῆς ἀθᾰ́ρης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθᾰ́ρη hē athắrē	τὼ ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ athắrā	αἱ ἀθᾰ́ραι hai athắrai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθᾰ́ρης tês athắrēs	τοῖν ἀθᾰ́ραιν toîn athắrain	τῶν ἀθᾰρῶν tôn athărôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθᾰ́ρῃ têi athắrēi	τοῖν ἀθᾰ́ραιν toîn athắrain	ταῖς ἀθᾰ́ραις taîs athắrais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθᾰ́ρην tḕn athắrēn	τὼ ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ athắrā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s athắrās
Vocative	ἀθᾰ́ρη athắrē	ἀθᾰ́ρᾱ athắrā	ἀθᾰ́ραι athắrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀθᾰρώδης (athărṓdēs)

“ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀθάρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀθάρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀθάρη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀθάρη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28