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 bírrhos	τὼ βῐ́ρρω tṑ bírrhō	οἱ βῐ́ρροι hoi bírrhoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῐ́ρρου toû bírrhou	τοῖν βῐ́ρροιν toîn bírrhoin	τῶν βῐ́ρρων tôn bírrhōn
Dative	τῷ βῐ́ρρῳ tôi bírrhōi	τοῖν βῐ́ρροιν toîn bírrhoin	τοῖς βῐ́ρροις toîs bírrhois
Accusative	τὸν βῐ́ρρον tòn bírrhon	τὼ βῐ́ρρω tṑ bírrhō	τοὺς βῐ́ρρους toùs bírrhous
Vocative	βῐ́ρρε bírrhe	βῐ́ρρω bírrhō	βῐ́ρροι bírrhoi
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 (2006–2024)