μάτη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes says there is no convincing etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ti/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰ́τη hē mátē |
τὼ μᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mátā |
αἱ μᾰ́ται hai mátai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰ́της tês mátēs |
τοῖν μᾰ́ταιν toîn mátain |
τῶν μᾰτῶν tôn matôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰ́τῃ têi mátēi |
τοῖν μᾰ́ταιν toîn mátain |
ταῖς μᾰ́ταις taîs mátais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰ́την tḕn mátēn |
τὼ μᾰ́τᾱ tṑ mátā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s mátās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́τη mátē |
μᾰ́τᾱ mátā |
μᾰ́ται mátai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Tsakonian
Etymology
From Doric Greek μᾱ́τηρ (mā́tēr), from Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Standard Greek μητέρα (mitéra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmati/
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