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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Back-formation from κτεάτεσσι (kteátessi), dative plural of κτέανον (ktéanon), only the analogy of r/n-stem nouns like ἧπαρ (hêpar) with Epic dative plural ἡπάτεσσι (hēpátessi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kté.ar/ → /ˈkte.ar/ → /ˈkte.ar/
Noun
κτέαρ • (ktéar) n (genitive κτέᾰτος); third declension
- (poetic) possession, piece of property
Declension
Further reading
- “κτέαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κτέαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κτέαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κτέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κτέαρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter