πατέρας

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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πατέρας (patéras)

  1. accusative plural of πατήρ (patḗr)

Greek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Byzantine Greek πατέρας (patéras), from Ancient Greek πατήρ (patḗr) through the accusative singular πατέρα (patéra),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of πατήρ (patír).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈte.ɾas/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧τέ‧ρας

Noun

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πατέρας (patérasm (plural πατέρες or πατεράδες, feminine μητέρα)

  1. (with double plural) father; a male parent
  2. (with plural πατέρες)
    1. Father (form of address for monk or priest)
      Synonym: πατήρ (patír)
    2. (figuratively) founder of a science
    3. (in the plural) ancestors

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family
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References

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  1. ^ πατέρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language