κίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew כִּיּוֹר (kiyyōr, “pot, basin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.uː.ros/ → /ˈci.u.ros/ → /ˈci.u.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.uː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.u.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/

Noun

κῐ́ουρος • (kĭ́ouros) m (genitive κῐούρου); second declension

1. basket for corn

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῐ́ουρος; τοῦ κῐούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐ́ουρος ho kĭ́ouros	τὼ κῐούρω tṑ kĭoúrō	οἱ κῐ́ουροι hoi kĭ́ouroi
Genitive	τοῦ κῐούρου toû kĭoúrou	τοῖν κῐούροιν toîn kĭoúroin	τῶν κῐούρων tôn kĭoúrōn
Dative	τῷ κῐούρῳ tôi kĭoúrōi	τοῖν κῐούροιν toîn kĭoúroin	τοῖς κῐούροις toîs kĭoúrois
Accusative	τὸν κῐ́ουρον tòn kĭ́ouron	τὼ κῐούρω tṑ kĭoúrō	τοὺς κῐούρους toùs kĭoúrous
Vocative	κῐ́ουρε kĭ́oure	κῐούρω kĭoúrō	κῐ́ουροι kĭ́ouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κίουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press