ἑταίρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.tǎi̯.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈtɛ.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈtɛ.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈte.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈte.ra/
Noun
ἑταίρᾱ • (hetaírā) f (genitive ἑταίρᾱς); first declension
- (somewhat euphemistic) a highly cultivated hired female companion, who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them, a courtesan
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἑταίρᾱ hē hetaírā |
τὼ ἑταίρᾱ tṑ hetaírā |
αἱ ἑταῖραι hai hetaîrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἑταίρᾱς tês hetaírās |
τοῖν ἑταίραιν toîn hetaírain |
τῶν ἑταιρῶν tôn hetairôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἑταίρᾳ têi hetaírāi |
τοῖν ἑταίραιν toîn hetaírain |
ταῖς ἑταίραις taîs hetaírais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἑταίρᾱν tḕn hetaírān |
τὼ ἑταίρᾱ tṑ hetaírā |
τᾱ̀ς ἑταίρᾱς tā̀s hetaírās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἑταίρᾱ hetaírā |
ἑταίρᾱ hetaírā |
ἑταῖραι hetaîrai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἑταῖρος (hetaîros)
Further reading
- “ἑταίρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἑταίρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἑταίρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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