γάρ

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See also: γαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γε (ge) +‎ ᾰ̓́ρᾰ (ára).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡár/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣar/

Conjunction

γᾰ́ρ • (gár)

for
since

Usage notes

γᾰ́ρ is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence. It is usually the second, but sometimes also the third or fourth.

Descendants

→ Aramaic: גיר
→ Coptic: ⲅⲁⲣ (gar)
Greek: γαρ (gar)

Further reading

“γάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γάρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γάρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
γάρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γάρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“γάρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1063 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- for idem, page 334.
- yes idem, page 996.

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