βίρρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin birrus, from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈβir.ros/ → /ˈvi.ros/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβir.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ros/

Noun

βίρρος • (bírrhos) m (genitive βίρρου); second declension

1. type of cloak or mantle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βῐ́ρρος; τοῦ βῐ́ρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐ́ρρος ho bĭ́rrhos	τὼ βῐ́ρρω tṑ bĭ́rrhō	οἱ βῐ́ρροι hoi bĭ́rrhoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῐ́ρρου toû bĭ́rrhou	τοῖν βῐ́ρροιν toîn bĭ́rrhoin	τῶν βῐ́ρρων tôn bĭ́rrhōn
Dative	τῷ βῐ́ρρῳ tôi bĭ́rrhōi	τοῖν βῐ́ρροιν toîn bĭ́rrhoin	τοῖς βῐ́ρροις toîs bĭ́rrhois
Accusative	τὸν βῐ́ρρον tòn bĭ́rrhon	τὼ βῐ́ρρω tṑ bĭ́rrhō	τοὺς βῐ́ρρους toùs bĭ́rrhous
Vocative	βῐ́ρρε bĭ́rrhe	βῐ́ρρω bĭ́rrhō	βῐ́ρροι bĭ́rrhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• χλαμύς (khlamús)

Further reading

• “βίρρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βίρρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βίρρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)