-τωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tōr. Cognate with Latin -tor.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tɔːr/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tor/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tor/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tor/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tor/

Suffix

-τωρ • (-tōr) m (genitive -τορος); third declension

Used to form agent nouns
δώτωρ (dṓtōr, “a giver”), from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”)

Inflection

Third declension of -τωρ; -τορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-τωρ -tōr	-τορε -tore	-τορες -tores
Genitive	-τορος -toros	-τοροιν -toroin	-τορων -torōn
Dative	-τορῐ -tori	-τοροιν -toroin	-τορσῐ / -τορσῐν -torsi(n)
Accusative	-τορᾰ -tora	-τορε -tore	-τορᾰς -toras
Vocative	-τορ -tor	-τορε -tore	-τορες -tores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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-τόριον (-tórion)
-τόριος (-tórios)

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 839.3

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