From Proto-Hellenic *ustérā, from Proto-Indo-European *udtéreh₂. Originally feminine form of the adjective ὕστερος (hústeros) with the original sense "outer", from Proto-Indo-European *údteros (“higher, outer”), perhaps through a construction such as ὑστέρα μήτρᾱ (hustéra mḗtrā), originally denoting "the upper/protruding part" and hence "the belly". For cognates with the same root and a different suffix – i.e. from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“stomach”) – see Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly”) and Latin uterus (“womb”). Probably related to ὕδερος (húderos, “dropsy”).
ῠ̔στέρᾱ • (hŭstérā) f (genitive ῠ̔στέρᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ hē hŭstérā |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hŭstérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tês hŭstérās |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερῶν tôn hŭsterôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρᾳ têi hŭstérāi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain |
ταῖς ῠ̔στέραις taîs hŭstérais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρᾱν tḕn hŭstérān |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hŭstérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hŭstérai | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρη hē hŭstérē |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hŭstérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρης tês hŭstérēs |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερέων / ῠ̔στερῶν tôn hŭsteréōn / hŭsterôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρῃ têi hŭstérēi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hŭstérain |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῠ̔στέρῃσῐ / ῠ̔στέρῃσῐν têisĭ(n) hŭstérēisĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρην tḕn hŭstérēn |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hŭstérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hŭstérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔στέρη hŭstérē |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hŭstérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hŭstérai | ||||||||||
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ὑστέρᾱ • (hustérā)