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πατήρ (pater): all forms

πατήρ means “father”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Masculine
Nominativeπατήρ
Genitiveπατρός · πατέρος
Dativeπατρί · πατέρι
Accusativeπατέρα
Vocativeπάτερ · πατέρ
Forms, plural
Masculine
Nominativeπατέρες
Genitiveπατέρων
Dativeπατράσι(ν) · πατέρσι
Accusativeπατέρας · πατράς
Vocativeπατέρες

Meaning and examples of πατήρ

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.