ἁλτῆρες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to jump”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἁλτῆρες • (haltêres) m (genitive ἁλτήρων); third declension

  1. (plural only) dumbbells

Declension
Third declension of οἱ ἁλτῆρες; τῶν ἁλτήρων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ ἁλτῆρες
hoi haltêres
Genitive τῶν ἁλτήρων
tôn haltḗrōn
Dative τοῖς ἁλτῆρσῐ / ἁλτῆρσῐν
toîs haltêrsi(n)
Accusative τοὺς ἁλτῆρᾰς
toùs haltêras
Vocative ἁλτῆρες
haltêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Catalan: halter
  • → English: haltere
  • → French: haltère
  • Greek: αλτήρας (altíras)
  • → Portuguese: haltere

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