"πέτρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πέτρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pé.traː/, /ˈpe.tra/, /ˈpe.tra/, /pé.traː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpe.tra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpe.tra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpe.tra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpe.tra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. In the absence of an explanation, Beekes prefers a Pre-Greek borrowing. Not related to Hindi पत्थर (patthar, “stone”) Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{bor|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{l|hi|पत्थर|t=stone}} पत्थर (patthar, “stone”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πέτρᾱ|πέτρᾱς|f|first}} πέτρᾱ • (pétrā) f (genitive πέτρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πέτρᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: πέτρᾱ [canonical], pétrā [romanization], πέτρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ πέτρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ πέτρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ πέτραι [nominative, plural], τῆς πέτρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν πέτραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πετρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ πέτρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν πέτραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πέτραις [dative, plural], τὴν πέτρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ πέτρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πέτρᾱς [accusative, plural], πέτρᾱ [singular, vocative], πέτρᾱ [dual, vocative], πέτραι [plural, vocative]
  1. rock formation: cliff, ledge, cave, ridge
    Sense id: en-πέτρα-grc-noun-0rNweP7N Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 67 33 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 58 42
  2. stone (as a building material)
    Sense id: en-πέτρα-grc-noun-sVhxyWJ1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πέτρη (pétrē) [Epic], Ionic Related terms: πέτρος (pétros)
Derived forms: ἐπίπετρον (epípetron), πετράεις (petráeis), πετραία (petraía), Πετραίη (Petraíē), πετραῖον (petraîon), πετραῖος (petraîos), πετράκης (petrákēs), πετρηγενής (petrēgenḗs), πετρηδόν (petrēdón), πετρήεις (petrḗeis), πετρηρεφής (petrērephḗs), πετρήρης (petrḗrēs), πετρίδιον (petrídion), πετρίνη (petrínē), πέτρινος (pétrinos), πέτριον (pétrion), πετρίς (petrís), πετρώδης (petrṓdēs), πετρώεις (petrṓeis), πέτρωμα (pétrōma), πετρών (petrṓn), πετρώνιον (petrṓnion), ὑπόπετρος (hupópetros)

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    {
      "form": "τὼ πέτρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ pétrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πέτρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pétrās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πέτρᾱ",
      "roman": "pétrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πέτρᾱ",
      "roman": "pétrā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πέτραι",
      "roman": "pétrai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πέτρᾱ",
        "2": "πέτρᾱς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "πέτρᾱ • (pétrā) f (genitive πέτρᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πέτρᾱ",
        "2": "ᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "pétros",
      "word": "πέτρος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rock formation: cliff, ledge, cave, ridge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cliff",
          "cliff"
        ],
        [
          "ledge",
          "ledge"
        ],
        [
          "cave",
          "cave"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone (as a building material)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pé.traː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pé.traː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.tra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "pétrē",
      "tags": [
        "Epic"
      ],
      "word": "πέτρη"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ionic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πέτρα"
}

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