πρατήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρᾱ́της (prā́tēs)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *prātḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂tḗr, from *perh₂- (“sell”) + *-tḗr. Compare πέρνημῐ (pérnēmi). Outside of Hellenic, compare Latin pars, whence English party.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /praː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /praˈtir/ → /praˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /praː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈtir/

Noun

πρᾱτήρ • (prātḗr) m (genitive πρᾱτῆρος); third declension

1. seller
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 915d
   • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Collected Works 10.24
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 37.5
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 37.16
   • Inscriptiones Graecae 1.872.15
2. (πρᾱτήρ λίθος) the stone on which slaves were sold
   • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 3.78

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πρᾱτήρ; τοῦ πρᾱτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρᾱτήρ ho prātḗr	τὼ πρᾱτῆρε tṑ prātêre	οἱ πρᾱτῆρες hoi prātêres
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾱτῆρος toû prātêros	τοῖν πρᾱτήροιν toîn prātḗroin	τῶν πρᾱτήρων tôn prātḗrōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾱτῆρῐ tôi prātêri	τοῖν πρᾱτήροιν toîn prātḗroin	τοῖς πρᾱτῆρσῐ / πρᾱτῆρσῐν toîs prātêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πρᾱτῆρᾰ tòn prātêra	τὼ πρᾱτῆρε tṑ prātêre	τοὺς πρᾱτῆρᾰς toùs prātêras
Vocative	πρᾱτήρ prātḗr	πρᾱτῆρε prātêre	πρᾱτῆρες prātêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “πρατήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πρατήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette