πυρίτης
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈri.tis/
Noun
[edit]πῠρῑ́της • (purī́tēs) m (genitive πῠρῑ́του); first declension
- (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
- name of other varieties of uncertain nature
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῠρῑ́της ho purī́tēs |
τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā |
οἱ πῠρῖται hoi purîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῠρῑ́του toû purī́tou |
τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain |
τῶν πῠρῑτῶν tôn purītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῠρῑ́τῃ tôi purī́tēi |
τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain |
τοῖς πῠρῑ́ταις toîs purī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῠρῑ́την tòn purī́tēn |
τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā |
τοὺς πῠρῑ́τᾱς toùs purī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠρῖτᾰ purîta |
πῠρῑ́τᾱ purī́tā |
πῠρῖται purîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyː.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈri.tis/
Noun
[edit]πῡρῑ́της • (pūrī́tēs) m (genitive πῡρῑ́του); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῡρῑ́της ho pūrī́tēs |
τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā |
οἱ πῡρῖται hoi pūrîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῡρῑ́του toû pūrī́tou |
τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain |
τῶν πῡρῑτῶν tôn pūrītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῡρῑ́τῃ tôi pūrī́tēi |
τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain |
τοῖς πῡρῑ́ταις toîs pūrī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῡρῑ́την tòn pūrī́tēn |
τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā |
τοὺς πῡρῑ́τᾱς toùs pūrī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῡρῖτᾰ pūrîta |
πῡρῑ́τᾱ pūrī́tā |
πῡρῖται pūrîtai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίτης
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
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