φρέαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φρεῖᾰρ (phreîar) – Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰrḗwər, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₁wr̥ (“well, source”) (whence Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhúrvan, “restless movement of water”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fountain, source”), Proto-Germanic *brunnô),[1] from *bʰrewh₁-, which is cognate with Latin ferveō, English burn, brew. The original vowel sequence *ηᾰ (*ēa) was changed to εᾱ (eā) by quantitative metathesis.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φρέᾱρ • (phréār) n (genitive φρέᾱτος); third declension

  1. a well

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φρέᾱρ; τοῦ φρέᾱτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φρέᾱρ
tò phréār		 τὼ φρέᾱτε
tṑ phréāte		 τᾰ̀ φρέᾱτᾰ
tà phréāta
Genitive τοῦ φρέᾱτος
toû phréātos		 τοῖν φρεᾱ́τοιν
toîn phreā́toin		 τῶν φρεᾱ́των
tôn phreā́tōn
Dative τῷ φρέᾱτῐ
tôi phréāti		 τοῖν φρεᾱ́τοιν
toîn phreā́toin		 τοῖς φρέᾱσῐ / φρέᾱσῐν
toîs phréāsi(n)
Accusative τὸ φρέᾱρ
tò phréār		 τὼ φρέᾱτε
tṑ phréāte		 τᾰ̀ φρέᾱτᾰ
tà phréāta
Vocative φρέᾱρ
phréār		 φρέᾱτε
phréāte		 φρέᾱτᾰ
phréāta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1590

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”)

Noun

φρέαρ • (fréar) n (plural φρέατα)

  1. well (water source)
  2. shaft (of lift or elevator)
  3. manhole
  4. deep, trench (on sea bed)
    Φρέαρ της Καλυψώς ― Fréar tis Kalypsós ― Calypso Deep

Declension
declension of φρέαρ
singular plural
nominative φρέαρ • φρέατα •
genitive φρέατος • φρεάτων •
accusative φρέαρ • φρέατα •
vocative φρέαρ • φρέατα •

Synonyms
  • αρτεσιανό φρέαρ n (artesianó fréar, “artesian well”)

Further reading
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