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". From the same root but with a different suffix – i.e. from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“stomach”) – see Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly”) and Latin uterus (“womb”). Compare also Ancient Greek ὕδερος (húderos, “dropsy”).
ῠ̔στέρᾱ • (hustérā) f (genitive ῠ̔στέρᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρᾱ hē hustérā |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tês hustérās |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husterôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρᾳ têi hustérāi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
ταῖς ῠ̔στέραις taîs hustérais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρᾱν tḕn hustérān |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hustérai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ῠ̔στέρη hē hustérē |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
αἱ ῠ̔στέραι hai hustérai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῠ̔στέρης tês hustérēs |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῶν ῠ̔στερέων / ῠ̔στερῶν tôn husteréōn / husterôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῠ̔στέρῃ têi hustérēi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στέραιν toîn hustérain |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῠ̔στέρῃσῐ / ῠ̔στέρῃσῐν têisi(n) hustérēisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῠ̔στέρην tḕn hustérēn |
τὼ ῠ̔στέρᾱ tṑ hustérā |
τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔στέρᾱς tā̀s hustérās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔στέρη hustérē |
ῠ̔στέρᾱ hustérā |
ῠ̔στέραι hustérai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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ὑστέρᾱ • (hustérā)