ὑλιστήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑλίζω (hulízō, “to strain, filter”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.lis.tɛ̌ːr/ → /y.lisˈtir/ → /i.lisˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.lis.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.lisˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.lisˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.lisˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lisˈtir/

Noun

ὑ̄λῐστήρ • (hūlistḗr) m (genitive ὑ̄λῐστῆρος); third declension

1. filter, colander, strainer

   Synonym: ἡθμός (hēthmós)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ὑ̄λῐστήρ; τοῦ ὑ̄λῐστῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑ̄λῐστήρ ho hūlistḗr	τὼ ὑ̄λῐστῆρε tṑ hūlistêre	οἱ ὑ̄λῐστῆρες hoi hūlistêres
Genitive	τοῦ ὑ̄λῐστῆρος toû hūlistêros	τοῖν ὑ̄λῐστήροιν toîn hūlistḗroin	τῶν ὑ̄λῐστήρων tôn hūlistḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ὑ̄λῐστῆρῐ tôi hūlistêri	τοῖν ὑ̄λῐστήροιν toîn hūlistḗroin	τοῖς ὑ̄λῐστῆρσῐ / ὑ̄λῐστῆρσῐν toîs hūlistêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὑ̄λῐστῆρᾰ tòn hūlistêra	τὼ ὑ̄λῐστῆρε tṑ hūlistêre	τοὺς ὑ̄λῐστῆρᾰς toùs hūlistêras
Vocative	ὑ̄λῐστήρ hūlistḗr	ὑ̄λῐστῆρε hūlistêre	ὑ̄λῐστῆρες hūlistêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑλιστήριον (hulistḗrion)
• ὑλιστήριος (hulistḗrios)

 

Further reading

• “ὑλιστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑλιστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette