στέαρ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

With quantitative metathesis of ῆᾰ (êa) to έᾱ (éā), from Proto-Hellenic *stā́wər, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-wr̥, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Compare πῖᾰρ (pîar), οὖθᾰρ (oûthar).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στέᾰρ • (stéar) n (genitive στέᾱτος); third declension

  1. hard fat, tallow, suet
  2. dough made from flour of spelt

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στέᾰρ; τοῦ στέᾱτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ στέᾰρ
tò stéar 		τὼ στέᾱτε
tṑ stéāte 		τᾰ̀ στέᾱτᾰ
tà stéāta
Genitive τοῦ στέᾱτος
toû stéātos 		τοῖν στεᾱ́τοιν
toîn steā́toin 		τῶν στεᾱ́των
tôn steā́tōn
Dative τῷ στέᾱτῐ
tôi stéāti 		τοῖν στεᾱ́τοιν
toîn steā́toin 		τοῖς στέᾱσῐ / στέᾱσῐν
toîs stéāsi(n)
Accusative τὸ στέᾰρ
tò stéar 		τὼ στέᾱτε
tṑ stéāte 		τᾰ̀ στέᾱτᾰ
tà stéāta
Vocative στέᾰρ
stéar 		στέᾱτε
stéāte 		στέᾱτᾰ
stéāta
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1392-1393

Further reading

  • “στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “στέαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “στέαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • στέαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • στέαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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