ἀμάρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.má.raː/ → /aˈma.ra/ → /aˈma.ra/

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

Noun

ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱ • (āmắrā) f (genitive ἀ̄μᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative form of ἡμέρα (hēméra)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ hē āmắrā	τὼ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ āmắrā	αἱ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ραι hai āmắrai
Genitive	τῆς ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱς tês āmắrās	τοῖν ᾱ̓μᾰ́ραιν toîn āmắrain	τῶν ᾱ̓μᾰρῶν tôn āmărôn
Dative	τῇ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾳ têi āmắrāi	τοῖν ᾱ̓μᾰ́ραιν toîn āmắrain	ταῖς ᾱ̓μᾰ́ραις taîs āmắrais
Accusative	τὴν ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn āmắrān	τὼ ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ āmắrā	τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s āmắrās
Vocative	ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ āmắrā	ᾱ̓μᾰ́ρᾱ āmắrā	ᾱ̓μᾰ́ραι āmắrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Formerly connected with ἄμη (ámē, “shovel”) in the meaning of "digging out", which is improbable. Others considered a relationship with Hittite [script needed] (amii̯ar-, “canal”), but note that the words only have initial am- in common. The word could belong to the Greek-Anatolian substrate. A third option is connection with Albanian amë (“riverbed, source”) and river names like Amantia, Amana, Amara. According to Beekes, this comparison is formally better than that with Hittite.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.raː/ → /aˈma.ra/ → /aˈma.ra/

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

Noun

ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ • (amắrā) f (genitive ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. trench, conduit, channel, for watering meadows
2. hollow of the ear

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ hē amắrā	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ amắrā	αἱ ἀμᾰ́ραι hai amắrai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς tês amắrās	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́ραιν toîn amắrain	τῶν ἀμᾰρῶν tôn amărôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμᾰ́ρᾳ têi amắrāi	τοῖν ἀμᾰ́ραιν toîn amắrain	ταῖς ἀμᾰ́ραις taîs amắrais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn amắrān	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ amắrā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s amắrās
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ amắrā	ἀμᾰ́ρᾱ amắrā	ἀμᾰ́ραι amắrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμάρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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