ἵστωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Category:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wéydtōr#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Pages with inline etymon for redlinks#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ΙΣΤΩΡ

    From Proto-HellenicCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΙΣΤΩΡ *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΙΣΤΩΡ *wéydtōr (“knower, wise person”), from *weyd- (“to see”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ῐ̔́στωρ • (hĭ́stōr) m (genitive ῐ̔́στορος)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek third-declension nouns#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Pages with entries#ΙΣΤΩΡCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΙΣΤΩΡ; third declension

    1. judge (one who knows the law and what is right)
    2. witness
    3. wise man

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    References

    1. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἵστωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 602

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