πυρρίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρρός (pŭrrhós, “red, fiery”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥í.aːs/ → /pyrˈri.as/ → /piˈri.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥í.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.as/

Noun

πῠρρῐ́ᾱς • (pŭrrhĭ́ās) m (genitive πῠρρῐ́ου); first declension

1. kind of red-colored serpent
2. nickname given to red-haired slaves from Thrace

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῠρρῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ πῠρρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρρῐ́ᾱς ho pŭrrhĭ́ās	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrrhĭ́ā	οἱ πῠρρῐ́αι hoi pŭrrhĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρρῐ́ου toû pŭrrhĭ́ou	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrrhĭ́ain	τῶν πῠρρῐῶν tôn pŭrrhĭôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρρῐ́ᾳ tôi pŭrrhĭ́āi	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrrhĭ́ain	τοῖς πῠρρῐ́αις toîs pŭrrhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρρῐ́ᾱν tòn pŭrrhĭ́ān	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrrhĭ́ā	τοὺς πῠρρῐ́ᾱς toùs pŭrrhĭ́ās
Vocative	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ pŭrrhĭ́ā	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ pŭrrhĭ́ā	πῠρρῐ́αι pŭrrhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυρρίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρρίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette