ἐργαστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, “to work”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡas.tɛ̌ːr/ → /er.ɣasˈtir/ → /er.ɣasˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡas.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /er.ɡasˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.ɣasˈtir/

Noun

ἐργᾰστήρ • (ergăstḗr) m (genitive ἐργᾰστῆρος); third declension

1. a workman

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ; τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐργᾰστήρ ho ergăstḗr	τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergăstêre	οἱ ἐργᾰστῆρες hoi ergăstêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἐργᾰστῆρος toû ergăstêros	τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergăstḗroin	τῶν ἐργᾰστήρων tôn ergăstḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐργᾰστῆρῐ tôi ergăstêrĭ	τοῖν ἐργᾰστήροιν toîn ergăstḗroin	τοῖς ἐργᾰστῆρσῐ / ἐργᾰστῆρσῐν toîs ergăstêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐργᾰστῆρᾰ tòn ergăstêră	τὼ ἐργᾰστῆρε tṑ ergăstêre	τοὺς ἐργᾰστῆρᾰς toùs ergăstêrăs
Vocative	ἐργᾰστήρ ergăstḗr	ἐργᾰστῆρε ergăstêre	ἐργᾰστῆρες ergăstêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ergaster
• Greek: εργαστήρας (ergastíras)

Further reading

• “ἐργαστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐργαστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.