ἁλτῆρες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̔́λλομαι (hắllomai, “to jump”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̔λτῆρες • (hăltêres) m (genitive ᾰ̔λτήρων); third declension

  1. (plural only) dumbbells

Declension

Third declension of οἱ ᾰ̔λτῆρες; τῶν ᾰ̔λτήρων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ ᾰ̔λτῆρες
hoi hăltêres
Genitive τῶν ᾰ̔λτήρων
tôn hăltḗrōn
Dative τοῖς ᾰ̔λτῆρσῐ / ᾰ̔λτῆρσῐν
toîs hăltêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τοὺς ᾰ̔λτῆρᾰς
toùs hăltêrăs
Vocative ᾰ̔λτῆρες
hăltêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: αλτήρας (altíras)
  • → Catalan: halter
  • → English: haltere
  • → French: haltère
  • → Portuguese: haltere

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