stater

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /steɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /steɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr).

Noun

stater (plural staters)

1. A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.

Translations

a coin of ancient Greece

• Bulgarian: статер m (stater)
• Finnish: stateeri
• French: statère (fr) m
• German: Stater m
• Greek:

  Ancient: στατήρ m (statḗr)

• Italian: statere (it) m
• Russian: стате́р (ru) m (statér), стати́р m (statír)
• Spanish: estatero (es) m
• Turkish: stater

Etymology 2

From state +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) or +‎ -er (inhabitant suffix).

Noun

stater (plural staters)

1. One who states.

   a stater of truths or opinions

2. A citizen of the United States of America who is a confirmed or lifelong resident of one single state.

See also

• out-of-stater
• deep stater
• steady stater
• welfare stater
• trite
• hekte

Anagrams

• Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, tarest, taster, taters, tetras, treats

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στατήρ (statḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ter/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ter/, [ˈst̪äːt̪er]

Noun

stater m (genitive stateris); third declension

1. A small silver coin, value four drachmas, used in Jewish lands

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	stater	staterēs
genitive	stateris	staterum
dative	staterī	stateribus
accusative	staterem	staterēs
ablative	statere	stateribus
vocative	stater	staterēs

References

• “stater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stater”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stater”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stater m

1. indefinite plural of stat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stater or French statère.

Noun

stater m (plural stateri)

1. stater (currency of Ancient Greece)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stater	staterul		stateri	staterii
genitive-dative	stater	staterului		stateri	staterilor
vocative	staterule			staterilor

Swedish

Noun

stater

1. indefinite plural of stat

Anagrams

• ersatt, retats, testar