Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt-, which would make it cognate with Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (whence English loath and German Leid) and possibly with Latin laedo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
ᾰ̓λῑτρός • (alītrós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λῑτρόν); second declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓λῑτρός alītrós |
ᾰ̓λῑτρόν alītrón |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτροί alītroí |
ᾰ̓λῑτρᾰ́ alītrá | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓λῑτροῦ alītroû |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῦ alītroû |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖν alītroîn |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖν alītroîn |
ᾰ̓λῑτρῶν alītrôn |
ᾰ̓λῑτρῶν alītrôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓λῑτρῷ alītrôi |
ᾰ̓λῑτρῷ alītrôi |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖν alītroîn |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖν alītroîn |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖς alītroîs |
ᾰ̓λῑτροῖς alītroîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓λῑτρόν alītrón |
ᾰ̓λῑτρόν alītrón |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτρούς alītroús |
ᾰ̓λῑτρᾰ́ alītrá | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓λῑτρέ alītré |
ᾰ̓λῑτρόν alītrón |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτρώ alītrṓ |
ᾰ̓λῑτροί alītroí |
ᾰ̓λῑτρᾰ́ alītrá | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓λῑτρῶς alītrôs |
ᾰ̓λῑτρότερος alītróteros |
ᾰ̓λῑτρότᾰτος alītrótatos | ||||||||||||
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