φωστήρ in Ancient Greek

IPA: /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/, /ɸosˈtir/, /fosˈtir/, /pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pʰosˈte̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ɸosˈtir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /fosˈtir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /fosˈtir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From φῶς. Head templates: {{grc-noun|φωστῆρος|m|third}} φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|φωστήρ|φωστῆρος}} Forms: phōstḗr [romanization], φωστῆρος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ φωστήρ [nominative, singular], φωστῆρε [dual, nominative], οἱ φωστῆρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ φωστῆρος [genitive, singular], φωστήροιν [dual, genitive], φωστήρων [genitive, plural], τῷ φωστῆρῐ [dative, singular], φωστήροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ [dative, plural], φωστῆρσῐν [dative, plural], toîs phōstêrsĭ [dative, plural], toîs phōstêrsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν φωστῆρᾰ [accusative, singular], φωστῆρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς [accusative, plural], φωστήρ [singular, vocative], φωστῆρε [dual, vocative], φωστῆρες [plural, vocative]

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
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      "roman": "toû phōstêros",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστήροιν",
      "roman": "phōstḗroin",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τὸν φωστῆρᾰ",
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        "that which gives light, as the sun or stars"
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      "ipa": "/pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}

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      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/"
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      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/"
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"φωστήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun

Inflected forms