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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θέσσασθαι (théssasthai, “to pray for”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “-er”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰés.tɔːr/ → /ˈθes.tor/ → /ˈθes.tor/
Proper noun
Θέστωρ • (Théstōr) m (genitive Θέστορος); third declension
- Thestor
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- “Θέστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027