πυρρίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρρός (purrhós, “red, fiery”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

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 • (purrhíās) 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 purrhíās	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ purrhíā	οἱ πῠρρῐ́αι hoi purrhíai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρρῐ́ου toû purrhíou	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn purrhíain	τῶν πῠρρῐῶν tôn purrhiôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρρῐ́ᾳ tôi purrhíāi	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn purrhíain	τοῖς πῠρρῐ́αις toîs purrhíais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρρῐ́ᾱν tòn purrhíān	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ purrhíā	τοὺς πῠρρῐ́ᾱς toùs purrhíās
Vocative	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ purrhíā	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ purrhíā	πῠρρῐ́αι purrhíai
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