νέκταρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”) + *-tr̥h₂ (“overcoming”), from *terh₂- (“to overcome, pass through, cross over”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νέκτᾰρ • (néktar) n (genitive νέκτᾰρος); third declension

  1. nectar, the specific nourishment (drink) of the gods

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ νέκτᾰρ; τοῦ νέκτᾰρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νέκτᾰρ
tò néktar		 τὼ νέκτᾰρε
tṑ néktare		 τᾰ̀ νέκτᾰρες
tà néktares
Genitive τοῦ νέκτᾰρος
toû néktaros		 τοῖν νεκτᾰ́ροιν
toîn nektároin		 τῶν νεκτᾰ́ρων
tôn nektárōn
Dative τῷ νέκτᾰρῐ
tôi néktari		 τοῖν νεκτᾰ́ροιν
toîn nektároin		 τοῖς νέκτᾰρσῐ / νέκτᾰρσῐν
toîs néktarsi(n)
Accusative τὸ νέκτᾰρᾰ
tò néktara		 τὼ νέκτᾰρε
tṑ néktare		 τᾰ̀ νέκτᾰρᾰς
tà néktaras
Vocative νέκτᾰρ
néktar		 νέκτᾰρε
néktare		 νέκτᾰρες
néktares
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

Descendants

Further reading
  • νέκταρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νέκταρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νέκταρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νέκταρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νέκταρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • νέκταρ 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

νέκταρ • (néktar) f (uncountable)

  1. (Greek mythology) nectar, (the drink of the gods)
  2. (by extension) an especially delicious drink

Declension
Declension of νέκταρ (néktar)
singular
nominative νέκταρ •
genitive νέκταρος •
accusative νέκταρ •
vocative νέκταρ •

Coordinate terms

Further reading
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