πέτρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Of Pre-Greek origin. Related to πέτρα (pétra, rock formation).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πέτρος (pétrosm or f (genitive πέτρου); second declension

  1. rock, stone, boulder
  2. type of reed

Usage notes

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  • Originally masculine, feminine in later poets.

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέτρᾱ, -η”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1182

Further reading

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  • πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πέτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πέτρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πέτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πέτρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πέτρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.