πυρρούλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from πῠρρός (pŭrrhós, “red, fiery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ǔː.laːs/ → /pyrˈru.las/ → /piˈru.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ǔː.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈru.las/

Noun

πῠρρούλᾱς • (pŭrrhoúlās) m (genitive πῠρρούλου); first declension

1. bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῠρρούλᾱς; τοῦ πῠρρούλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρρούλᾱς ho pŭrrhoúlās	τὼ πῠρρούλᾱ tṑ pŭrrhoúlā	οἱ πῠρροῦλαι hoi pŭrrhoûlai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρρούλου toû pŭrrhoúlou	τοῖν πῠρρούλαιν toîn pŭrrhoúlain	τῶν πῠρρουλῶν tôn pŭrrhoulôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρρούλᾳ tôi pŭrrhoúlāi	τοῖν πῠρρούλαιν toîn pŭrrhoúlain	τοῖς πῠρρούλαις toîs pŭrrhoúlais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρρούλᾱν tòn pŭrrhoúlān	τὼ πῠρρούλᾱ tṑ pŭrrhoúlā	τοὺς πῠρρούλᾱς toùs pŭrrhoúlās
Vocative	πῠρρούλᾱ pŭrrhoúlā	πῠρρούλᾱ pŭrrhoúlā	πῠρροῦλαι pŭrrhoûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Pyrrhula

Further reading

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