ἴκταρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ík.tar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈik.tar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.tar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.tar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈik.tar/

Etymology 1

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Adverb

ἴκταρ • (íktar)

close together
- c. 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 691

Preposition

ἴκταρ • (íktar) (governs the genitive and dative)

near, near by

Etymology 2

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.^[1]^[2] The suffix -αρ can also be seen in κύδαρ (kúdar), σκίναρ (skínar), and σῦφαρ (sûphar).

Alternative forms

ἰκτάρα (iktára), κτάρα (ktára), ἀκτάρα (aktára)

Noun

ἴκταρ • (íktar) m

a small, worthless fish

Inflection

No inflected forms are attested.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014), Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon‎^[1], page 82

Further reading

“ἴκταρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press