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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.la.tɛ̌ːr/ → /e.laˈtir/ → /e.laˈtir/
Noun
ἐλᾰτήρ • (elatḗr) m (genitive ἐλᾰτῆρος); third declension
- driver, especially of horses, charioteer
- rower, oarsman
- Synonym: ἐρέτης (erétēs)
- one that drives away
- kind of broad, flat cake
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἐλατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐλατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐλατήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐλατήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλατήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐλατήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)