"φωστήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See φωστήρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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)
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], τὼ φωστῆρε [dual, nominative], οἱ φωστῆρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ φωστῆρος [genitive, singular], τοῖν φωστήροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν φωστήρων [genitive, plural], τῷ φωστῆρῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν φωστήροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ [dative, plural], φωστῆρσῐν [dative, plural], toîs phōstêrsĭ [dative, plural], toîs phōstêrsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν φωστῆρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ φωστῆρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς [accusative, plural], φωστήρ [singular, vocative], φωστῆρε [dual, vocative], φωστῆρες [plural, vocative]
  1. that which gives light, as the sun or stars
    Sense id: en-φωστήρ-grc-noun-Sb7mLRkJ
  2. splendor, radiance
    Sense id: en-φωστήρ-grc-noun-csZSTcqO 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: 37 63 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From φῶς.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phōstḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρος",
      "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 φωστήρ",
      "roman": "ho phōstḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "tṑ phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ φωστῆρες",
      "roman": "hoi phōstêres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ φωστῆρος",
      "roman": "toû phōstêros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν φωστήροιν",
      "roman": "toîn phōstḗroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν φωστήρων",
      "roman": "tôn phōstḗrōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ φωστῆρῐ",
      "roman": "tôi phōstêrĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν φωστήροιν",
      "roman": "toîn phōstḗroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs phōstêrsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs phōstêrsĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν φωστῆρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn phōstêră",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "tṑ phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs phōstêrăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστήρ",
      "roman": "phōstḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρες",
      "roman": "phōstêres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φωστῆρος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φωστήρ",
        "2": "φωστῆρος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that which gives light, as the sun or stars"
      ],
      "id": "en-φωστήρ-grc-noun-Sb7mLRkJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "splendor, radiance"
      ],
      "id": "en-φωστήρ-grc-noun-csZSTcqO",
      "links": [
        [
          "splendor",
          "splendor"
        ],
        [
          "radiance",
          "radiance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰosˈte̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "φωστήρ"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From φῶς.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phōstḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρος",
      "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 φωστήρ",
      "roman": "ho phōstḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "tṑ phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ φωστῆρες",
      "roman": "hoi phōstêres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ φωστῆρος",
      "roman": "toû phōstêros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν φωστήροιν",
      "roman": "toîn phōstḗroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν φωστήρων",
      "roman": "tôn phōstḗrōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ φωστῆρῐ",
      "roman": "tôi phōstêrĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν φωστήροιν",
      "roman": "toîn phōstḗroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς φωστῆρσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs phōstêrsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs phōstêrsĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν φωστῆρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn phōstêră",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "tṑ phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς φωστῆρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs phōstêrăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστήρ",
      "roman": "phōstḗr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρε",
      "roman": "phōstêre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φωστῆρες",
      "roman": "phōstêres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φωστῆρος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "φωστήρ • (phōstḗr) m (genitive φωστῆρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "φωστήρ",
        "2": "φωστῆρος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that which gives light, as the sun or stars"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ],
        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splendor, radiance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "splendor",
          "splendor"
        ],
        [
          "radiance",
          "radiance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːs.tɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰosˈte̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸosˈtir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fosˈtir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "φωστήρ"
}

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