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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥαίω (rhaíō, “to break, shatter”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r̥ai̯s.tɛ̌ːr/ → /rɛsˈtir/ → /resˈtir/
Noun
ῥαιστήρ • (rhaistḗr) m (genitive ῥαιστῆρος); third declension
- hammer, smasher
- (in general) destroyer
Declension
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Further reading
- “ῥαιστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥαιστήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ῥαιστήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥαιστήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ῥαιστήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963