"ἀθήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /a.tʰɛ̌ːr/, /aˈθir/, /aˈθir/, /a.tʰɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aˈtʰe̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈθir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈθir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈθir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Not related to Latin ador (“hulled wheat”) nor to ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). According to Beekes, the nasalized form ἀνθέριξ (anthérix) points to a Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{cog|la|ador||hulled wheat}} Latin ador (“hulled wheat”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἀθέρος|m|third}} ἀθήρ • (athḗr) m (genitive ἀθέρος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἀθήρ|ἀθέρος}} Forms: athḗr [romanization], ἀθέρος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ἀθήρ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἀθέρε [dual, nominative], οἱ ἀθέρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἀθέρος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἀθέροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἀθέρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἀθέρῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἀθέροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἀθέρσῐ [dative, plural], ἀθέρσῐν [dative, plural], toîs athérsĭ [dative, plural], toîs athérsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν ἀθέρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἀθέρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἀθέρᾰς [accusative, plural], ἀθήρ [singular, vocative], ἀθέρε [dual, vocative], ἀθέρες [plural, vocative], ἀνθέριξ [alternative]
  1. (botany) awn Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-HpekcWEk Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 71 9 15 6 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: 41 19 27 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 34 26 22 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 18 18 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 14 12 7 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (in the plural) chaff Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-Q4tRfQig
  3. barb of a weapon
    Sense id: en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-~ed-tFam
  4. spine or prickle of a fish
    Sense id: en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-UDnkAN11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀθερηίς (atherēís), ἀθερίνη (atherínē), ἀθερώδης (atherṓdēs)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atherēís",
      "word": "ἀθερηίς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atherínē",
      "word": "ἀθερίνη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "atherṓdēs",
      "word": "ἀθερώδης"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αθέρας",
            "3": "αθήρ"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αθέρας (athéras), αθήρ (athír)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αθέρας (athéras), αθήρ (athír)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ador",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hulled wheat"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ador (“hulled wheat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Not related to Latin ador (“hulled wheat”) nor to ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). According to Beekes, the nasalized form ἀνθέριξ (anthérix) points to a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "athḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἀθήρ",
      "roman": "ho athḗr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἀθέρες",
      "roman": "hoi athéres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἀθέρος",
      "roman": "toû athéros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀθέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn athéroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἀθέρων",
      "roman": "tôn athérōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἀθέρῐ",
      "roman": "tôi athérĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀθέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn athéroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἀθέρσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs athérsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs athérsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἀθέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn athéră",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἀθέρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs athérăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθήρ",
      "roman": "athḗr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρες",
      "roman": "athéres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀνθέριξ",
      "roman": "anthérix",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἀθέρος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀθήρ • (athḗr) m (genitive ἀθέρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἀθήρ",
        "2": "ἀθέρος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "grc:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 19 27 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 26 22 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 18 18 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 14 12 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 9 15 6",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "awn"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-HpekcWEk",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "awn",
          "awn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) awn"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chaff"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-Q4tRfQig",
      "links": [
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) chaff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barb of a weapon"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-~ed-tFam",
      "links": [
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spine or prickle of a fish"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀθήρ-grc-noun-UDnkAN11",
      "links": [
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "prickle",
          "prickle"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.tʰɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.tʰɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈtʰe̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀθήρ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "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 derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Animal body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "atherēís",
      "word": "ἀθερηίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atherínē",
      "word": "ἀθερίνη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atherṓdēs",
      "word": "ἀθερώδης"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αθέρας",
            "3": "αθήρ"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αθέρας (athéras), αθήρ (athír)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αθέρας (athéras), αθήρ (athír)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ador",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hulled wheat"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ador (“hulled wheat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Not related to Latin ador (“hulled wheat”) nor to ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). According to Beekes, the nasalized form ἀνθέριξ (anthérix) points to a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "athḗr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἀθήρ",
      "roman": "ho athḗr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἀθέρες",
      "roman": "hoi athéres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἀθέρος",
      "roman": "toû athéros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀθέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn athéroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἀθέρων",
      "roman": "tôn athérōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἀθέρῐ",
      "roman": "tôi athérĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀθέροιν",
      "roman": "toîn athéroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἀθέρσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs athérsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs athérsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἀθέρᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn athéră",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "tṑ athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἀθέρᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs athérăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθήρ",
      "roman": "athḗr",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρε",
      "roman": "athére",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀθέρες",
      "roman": "athéres",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀνθέριξ",
      "roman": "anthérix",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἀθέρος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀθήρ • (athḗr) m (genitive ἀθέρος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἀθήρ",
        "2": "ἀθέρος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "awn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "awn",
          "awn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) awn"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chaff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) chaff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barb of a weapon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spine or prickle of a fish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "prickle",
          "prickle"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.tʰɛ̌ːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.tʰɛ̌ːr/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈtʰe̝r/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈθir/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀθήρ"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (ce0be54 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.