ἄττα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *átta. Cognates include Hittite 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas), Latin atta, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) and Old Church Slavonic отьць (otĭcĭ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /át.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ta/
Noun
ἄττα • (átta) m (indeclinable)
- father; a mode of address by a younger to an elder
- προσφώνησις νεωτέρου πρὸς πρεσβύτερον. ἄττα γέρον (Suda)
Alternative forms
- ἄππα (áppa), ἀπφά (apphá), πάππα (páppa)
Related terms
- ἅττα (hátta)
Further reading
- ἄττα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄττα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄττα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄττα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄττα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄττα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 334
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