στατήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵστημι (hístēmi, to put, place, set) + -τήρ (-tḗr), hence literally "that which sets, settles".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στᾰτήρ (statḗr) m (genitive στᾰτῆρος); third declension

  1. a weight, a standard
  2. a stater (a type of coin)

Declension

Descendants

  • Aramaic: סתתריא
  • Demotic: sttr
  • French: statère
  • Greek: στατήρας (statíras)
  • Gandhari: 𐨯𐨟𐨅𐨪‎ (satera‎)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (satīra), [script needed] (sera)
  • Latin: stater
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (styl /stēr/)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
      • Gujarati: શેર (śer)
      • Hindi: सेर (ser)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]

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