πελάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πέλατᾱς (pélatās) — Doric

Etymology

πελᾰ́ζω (pelắzō) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.lá.tɛːs/ → /peˈla.tis/ → /peˈla.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.lá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈla.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈla.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈla.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈla.tis/

Noun

πελᾰ́της • (pelắtēs) m (genitive πελάτου); first declension

1. one who approaches or comes near, neighbor
2. one who approaches a woman
3. one who approaches to seek protection; a dependent, client

Declension

First declension of ὁ πελᾰ́της; τοῦ πελᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πελᾰ́της ho pelắtēs	τὼ πελᾰ́τᾱ tṑ pelắtā	οἱ πελᾰ́ται hoi pelắtai
Genitive	τοῦ πελᾰ́του toû pelắtou	τοῖν πελᾰ́ταιν toîn pelắtain	τῶν πελᾰτῶν tôn pelătôn
Dative	τῷ πελᾰ́τῃ tōî pelắtēi	τοῖν πελᾰ́ταιν toîn pelắtain	τοῖς πελᾰ́ταις toîs pelắtais
Accusative	τὸν πελᾰ́την tòn pelắtēn	τὼ πελᾰ́τᾱ tṑ pelắtā	τοὺς πελᾰ́τᾱς toùs pelắtās
Vocative	πελᾰ́τᾰ pelắtă	πελᾰ́τᾱ pelắtā	πελᾰ́ται pelắtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πελάτης (pelátis)

Further reading

• “πελάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πελάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πελάτης in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “πελάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πελάτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πελάτης (pelátēs, “one who comes near, serf, jobber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈla.tis/

Noun

πελάτης • (pelátis) m (plural πελάτες, feminine πελάτισσα)

1. customer, client, patient
2. patron, customer, guest (of hotel, cafe, etc)

Declension

Declension of πελάτης

	singular	plural
nominative	πελάτης (pelátis)	πελάτες (pelátes)
genitive	πελάτη (peláti)	πελατών (pelatón)
accusative	πελάτη (peláti)	πελάτες (pelátes)
vocative	πελάτη (peláti)	πελάτες (pelátes)

Related terms

• πελατεία f (pelateía, “clientele, patronage”)

Further reading

• πελάτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language