πέτρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Pre-Greek origin. Related to πέτρα (pétra, “rock formation”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πέτρος • (pétros) m or f (genitive πέτρου); second declension

  1. rock, stone, boulder
  2. type of reed

Usage notes

  • Originally masculine, feminine in later poets.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ πέτρος; τοῦ, τῆς πέτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ πέτρος
ho, hē pétros 		τὼ πέτρω
tṑ pétrō 		οἱ, αἱ πέτροι
hoi, hai pétroi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς πέτρου
toû, tês pétrou 		τοῖν πέτροιν
toîn pétroin 		τῶν πέτρων
tôn pétrōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ πέτρῳ
tôi, têi pétrōi 		τοῖν πέτροιν
toîn pétroin 		τοῖς, ταῖς πέτροις
toîs, taîs pétrois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν πέτρον
tòn, tḕn pétron 		τὼ πέτρω
tṑ pétrō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πέτρους
toùs, tā̀s pétrous
Vocative πέτρε
pétre 		πέτρω
pétrō 		πέτροι
pétroi
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέτρᾱ, -η”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1182

Further reading

  • “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “πέτρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πέτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πέτρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “πέτρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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