πέτρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Pre-Greek origin. Related to πέτρα (pétra, “rock formation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

πέτρος • (pétros) m or f (genitive πέτρου); second declension

1. rock, stone, boulder
2. type of reed

Usage notes

• Originally masculine, feminine in later poets.

Declension

Synonyms

• (stone): λίθος (líthos)

Derived terms

• πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον (pánta kinêsai pétron, “leave no stone unturned”)

References

• “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πέτρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πέτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πέτρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πέτρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boulder idem, page 90.
  • crag idem, page 182.
  • rock idem, page 719.
  • stone idem, page 819.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN