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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /hís.tɔːr/, /ˈis.tor/, /ˈis.tor/, /hís.tɔːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)is.tor/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈis.tor/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈis.tor/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈis.tor/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*wístōr}} Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*wéydtōr||knower, wise person}} Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῐ̔́στορος|m|third|head=ῐ̔́στωρ}} ῐ̔́στωρ • (hĭ́stōr) m (genitive ῐ̔́στορος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῐ̔́στωρ|ῐ̔́στορος}} Forms: ῐ̔́στωρ [canonical], hĭ́stōr [romanization], ῐ̔́στορος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ [nominative, singular], ῐ̔́στορε [dual, nominative], οἱ ῐ̔́στορες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῐ̔́στορος [genitive, singular], ῐ̔στόροιν [dual, genitive], ῐ̔στόρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῐ̔́στορῐ [dative, singular], ῐ̔στόροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῐ̔́στορσῐ [dative, plural], ῐ̔́στορσῐν [dative, plural], toîs hĭ́storsĭ [dative, plural], toîs hĭ́storsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν ῐ̔́στορᾰ [accusative, singular], ῐ̔́στορε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ῐ̔́στορᾰς [accusative, plural], ῐ̔́στορ [singular, vocative], ῐ̔́στορε [dual, vocative], ῐ̔́στορες [plural, vocative], ῐ̓́στωρ [alternative], ϝῐ́στωρ [alternative, Boeotian]
  1. one who knows law and right, judge
    Sense id: en-ἵστωρ-grc-noun-ReoauL4~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 40 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 42 35
  2. witness
    Sense id: en-ἵστωρ-grc-noun-uhxWakut Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 40 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 42 35
  3. a wise man
    Sense id: en-ἵστωρ-grc-noun-uWL6UUtS Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 30 49 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 20 31 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 40 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 42 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἱστορέω (historéō), ἱστορίᾱ (historíā), ἱστόριον (histórion)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "historéō",
      "word": "ἱστορέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "historíā",
      "word": "ἱστορίᾱ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "ἱστόριον"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”).",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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      ]
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      "form": "ϝῐ́στωρ",
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        "Boeotian"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "one who knows law and right, judge"
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          "knows"
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          "right",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "wise man",
          "wise man"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/hís.tɔːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hís.tɔːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)is.tor/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἵστωρ"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "roman": "historéō",
      "word": "ἱστορέω"
    },
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      "word": "ἱστορίᾱ"
    },
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      "word": "ἱστόριον"
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      "form": "ὁ ῐ̔́στωρ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῷ ῐ̔́στορῐ",
      "roman": "tôi hĭ́storĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τὸν ῐ̔́στορᾰ",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
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        "a wise man"
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          "wise man",
          "wise man"
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      "ipa": "/hís.tɔːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hís.tɔːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)is.tor/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tor/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἵστωρ"
}

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