"πατήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πατήρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pa.tɛ̌ːr/, /paˈtir/, /paˈtir/, /pa.tɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /paˈte̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /paˈtir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /paˈtir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /paˈtir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Hellenic *patḗr Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) From Proto-Hellenic *patḗr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognates include Old English fæder (English father), Phrygian πατερης (paterēs), Latin pater, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), and Old Armenian հայր (hayr). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|inh|grk-pro>*patḗr>father|id=male parent|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Hellenic *patḗr Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr), {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*patḗr}} Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, {{cog|gmy|𐀞𐀳}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr, {{cog|ang|fæder}} Old English fæder, {{cog|en|father}} English father, {{cog|xpg|πατερης}} Phrygian πατερης (paterēs), {{cog|la|pater}} Latin pater, {{cog|sa|पितृ}} Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), {{cog|xcl|հայր}} Old Armenian հայր (hayr) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πᾰτήρ|πᾰτρός|m|third|gen2=πᾰτέρος}} πᾰτήρ • (pătḗr) m (genitive πᾰτρός or πᾰτέρος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πᾰτήρ|πᾰτέρος|DP=πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ|DS=πᾰτρῐ́, πᾰτέρῐ|GP=πᾰτέρων, πᾰτρῶν|GS=πᾰτρός, πᾰτέρος|VS=πάτερ|form=M}} Forms: πᾰτήρ [canonical], pătḗr [romanization], πᾰτρός [genitive], πᾰτέρος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ πᾰτήρ [nominative, singular], πᾰτέρε [dual, nominative], οἱ πᾰτέρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ πᾰτρός [genitive, singular], πᾰτέρος [genitive, singular], πᾰτέροιν [dual, genitive], πᾰτέρων [genitive, plural], πᾰτρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ πᾰτρῐ́ [dative, singular], πᾰτέρῐ [dative, singular], πᾰτέροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], τὸν πᾰτέρᾰ [accusative, singular], πᾰτέρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς πᾰτέρᾰς [accusative, plural], πάτερ [singular, vocative], πᾰτέρε [dual, vocative], πᾰτέρες [plural, vocative], Πατήρ [alternative]
  1. father
    epithet of Zeus
    Synonyms: νόννος, φύτωρ
    Sense id: en-πατήρ-grc-noun-MY89M80M Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Parents Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees: 37 7 11 16 29 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 10 22 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 43 7 12 10 28 Disambiguation of Parents: 20 20 20 20 21
  2. father
    respectful address of an older man
    Synonyms: νόννος, φύτωρ
    Sense id: en-πατήρ-grc-noun-vzaRhyOc Categories (other): Parents Disambiguation of Parents: 20 20 20 20 21
  3. father
    (figurative) author
    Tags: figuratively Synonyms: νόννος, φύτωρ
    Sense id: en-πατήρ-grc-noun-IyUxuHWv Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Parents Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 10 22 31 Disambiguation of Parents: 20 20 20 20 21
  4. father
    (in the plural) forefathers, ancestors
    Tags: in-plural Synonyms: νόννος, φύτωρ
    Sense id: en-πατήρ-grc-noun-wireqBL0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Parents Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 10 22 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 2 6 22 30 6 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 4 29 21 4 34 1 Disambiguation of Parents: 20 20 20 20 21
  5. (Christianity) God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)
    Sense id: en-πατήρ-grc-noun-~vJoKYka Categories (other): Christianity, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Male family members, Parents Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 31 6 10 22 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 2 6 22 30 6 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 4 29 21 4 34 1 Disambiguation of Male family members: 13 13 13 26 35 Disambiguation of Parents: 20 20 20 20 21 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Κλεοπᾶς (Kleopâs), Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), Κλεόπατρος (Kleópatros), πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (pătrĭā́), Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος (Sōsĭ́pătros)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kleopâs",
      "word": "Κλεοπᾶς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kleopátra",
      "word": "Κλεοπάτρα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kleópatros",
      "word": "Κλεόπατρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pătrĭā́",
      "word": "πᾰτρῐᾱ́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sōsĭ́pătros",
      "word": "Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πατήρ",
            "3": "πατέρας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πατήρ (patír), πατέρας (patéras)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πατήρ (patír), πατέρας (patéras)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yej",
            "2": "פַטִיר",
            "tr": "patir"
          },
          "expansion": "Yevanic: פַטִיר (patir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yevanic: פַטִיר (patir)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "grk-pro>*patḗr>father",
        "id": "male parent",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr\nProto-Hellenic *patḗr\nAncient Greek πατήρ (patḗr)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*patḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *patḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀞𐀳"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fæder"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fæder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "English father",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "πατερης"
      },
      "expansion": "Phrygian πατερης (paterēs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pater"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pater",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पितृ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հայր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հայր (hayr)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr\nProto-Hellenic *patḗr\nAncient Greek πατήρ (patḗr)\nFrom Proto-Hellenic *patḗr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognates include Old English fæder (English father), Phrygian πατερης (paterēs), Latin pater, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), and Old Armenian հայր (hayr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "πᾰτήρ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pătḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτρός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πᾰτήρ",
      "roman": "ho pătḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πᾰτέρες",
      "roman": "hoi pătéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πᾰτρός",
      "roman": "toû pătrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρος",
      "roman": "pătéros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέροιν",
      "roman": "pătéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρων",
      "roman": "pătérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτρῶν",
      "roman": "pătrôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πᾰτρῐ́",
      "roman": "tôi pătrĭ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρῐ",
      "roman": "pătérĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέροιν",
      "roman": "pătéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ",
      "roman": "toîs pătrắsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πᾰτέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn pătéră",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πᾰτέρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs pătérăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πάτερ",
      "roman": "páter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρες",
      "roman": "pătéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Πατήρ",
      "roman": "Patḗr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πᾰτήρ",
        "2": "πᾰτρός",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third",
        "gen2": "πᾰτέρος"
      },
      "expansion": "πᾰτήρ • (pătḗr) m (genitive πᾰτρός or πᾰτέρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πᾰτήρ",
        "2": "πᾰτέρος",
        "DP": "πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ",
        "DS": "πᾰτρῐ́, πᾰτέρῐ",
        "GP": "πᾰτέρων, πᾰτρῶν",
        "GS": "πᾰτρός, πᾰτέρος",
        "VS": "πάτερ",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 7 11 16 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 10 22 31",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 7 12 10 28",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then the father of men and gods answered her:",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.544",
          "roman": "Tḕn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita patḕr andrôn te theôn te;",
          "text": "Τὴν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε·"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "epithet of Zeus"
      ],
      "id": "en-πατήρ-grc-noun-MY89M80M",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "Zeus",
          "Zeus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "respectful address of an older man"
      ],
      "id": "en-πατήρ-grc-noun-vzaRhyOc",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 10 22 31",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "author"
      ],
      "id": "en-πατήρ-grc-noun-IyUxuHWv",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "father",
        "(figurative) author"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 10 22 31",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 2 6 22 30 6 25 2",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 1 4 29 21 4 34 1",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "forefathers, ancestors"
      ],
      "id": "en-πατήρ-grc-noun-wireqBL0",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "forefathers",
          "forefathers"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "father",
        "(in the plural) forefathers, ancestors"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "grc:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 10 22 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 2 6 22 30 6 25 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 1 4 29 21 4 34 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 13 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "grc:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "grc:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)"
      ],
      "id": "en-πατήρ-grc-noun-~vJoKYka",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Father",
          "Father"
        ],
        [
          "Trinity",
          "Trinity#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.tɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.tɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈte̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πατήρ"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with etymology trees",
    "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 oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "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 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Male family members",
    "grc:Parents"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Kleopâs",
      "word": "Κλεοπᾶς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kleopátra",
      "word": "Κλεοπάτρα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kleópatros",
      "word": "Κλεόπατρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pătrĭā́",
      "word": "πᾰτρῐᾱ́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sōsĭ́pătros",
      "word": "Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πατήρ",
            "3": "πατέρας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πατήρ (patír), πατέρας (patéras)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πατήρ (patír), πατέρας (patéras)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yej",
            "2": "פַטִיר",
            "tr": "patir"
          },
          "expansion": "Yevanic: פַטִיר (patir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yevanic: פַטִיר (patir)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "grk-pro>*patḗr>father",
        "id": "male parent",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr\nProto-Hellenic *patḗr\nAncient Greek πατήρ (patḗr)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*patḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *patḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀞𐀳"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fæder"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fæder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "English father",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpg",
        "2": "πατερης"
      },
      "expansion": "Phrygian πατερης (paterēs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pater"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pater",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पितृ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հայր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հայր (hayr)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr\nProto-Hellenic *patḗr\nAncient Greek πατήρ (patḗr)\nFrom Proto-Hellenic *patḗr (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳 (pa-te)), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognates include Old English fæder (English father), Phrygian πατερης (paterēs), Latin pater, Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), and Old Armenian հայր (hayr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "πᾰτήρ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pătḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτρός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πᾰτήρ",
      "roman": "ho pătḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πᾰτέρες",
      "roman": "hoi pătéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πᾰτρός",
      "roman": "toû pătrós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρος",
      "roman": "pătéros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέροιν",
      "roman": "pătéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρων",
      "roman": "pătérōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτρῶν",
      "roman": "pătrôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πᾰτρῐ́",
      "roman": "tôi pătrĭ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρῐ",
      "roman": "pătérĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέροιν",
      "roman": "pătéroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ",
      "roman": "toîs pătrắsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πᾰτέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn pătéră",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πᾰτέρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs pătérăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πάτερ",
      "roman": "páter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρε",
      "roman": "pătére",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πᾰτέρες",
      "roman": "pătéres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Πατήρ",
      "roman": "Patḗr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πᾰτήρ",
        "2": "πᾰτρός",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third",
        "gen2": "πᾰτέρος"
      },
      "expansion": "πᾰτήρ • (pătḗr) m (genitive πᾰτρός or πᾰτέρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πᾰτήρ",
        "2": "πᾰτέρος",
        "DP": "πᾰτρᾰ́σῐ",
        "DS": "πᾰτρῐ́, πᾰτέρῐ",
        "GP": "πᾰτέρων, πᾰτρῶν",
        "GS": "πᾰτρός, πᾰτέρος",
        "VS": "πάτερ",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then the father of men and gods answered her:",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.544",
          "roman": "Tḕn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita patḕr andrôn te theôn te;",
          "text": "Τὴν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε·"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "epithet of Zeus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet#English"
        ],
        [
          "Zeus",
          "Zeus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "respectful address of an older man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "author"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "father",
        "(figurative) author"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "father",
        "forefathers, ancestors"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "forefathers",
          "forefathers"
        ],
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "father",
        "(in the plural) forefathers, ancestors"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "νόννος"
        },
        {
          "word": "φύτωρ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Father",
          "Father"
        ],
        [
          "Trinity",
          "Trinity#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) God the Father; (one of the three Persons of the Trinity)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.tɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.tɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈte̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paˈtir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πατήρ"
}

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