πυρσοφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρσός (pursós, “torch, firebrand”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.so.pʰó.ros/ → /pyr.soˈɸo.ros/ → /pir.soˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.so.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.soˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.soˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.soˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pir.soˈfo.ros/

Adjective

πῠρσοφόρος • (pursophóros) m or f (neuter πῠρσοφόρον); second declension

1. carrying fire

Declension

Second declension of πῠρσοφόρος; πῠρσοφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρσοφόρος pursophóros	πῠρσοφόρον pursophóron		πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō	πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō		πῠρσοφόροι pursophóroi	πῠρσοφόρᾰ pursophóra
Genitive		πῠρσοφόρου pursophórou	πῠρσοφόρου pursophórou		πῠρσοφόροιν pursophóroin	πῠρσοφόροιν pursophóroin		πῠρσοφόρων pursophórōn	πῠρσοφόρων pursophórōn
Dative		πῠρσοφόρῳ pursophórōi	πῠρσοφόρῳ pursophórōi		πῠρσοφόροιν pursophóroin	πῠρσοφόροιν pursophóroin		πῠρσοφόροις pursophórois	πῠρσοφόροις pursophórois
Accusative		πῠρσοφόρον pursophóron	πῠρσοφόρον pursophóron		πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō	πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō		πῠρσοφόρους pursophórous	πῠρσοφόρᾰ pursophóra
Vocative		πῠρσοφόρε pursophóre	πῠρσοφόρον pursophóron		πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō	πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō		πῠρσοφόροι pursophóroi	πῠρσοφόρᾰ pursophóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῠρσοφόρως pursophórōs			πῠρσοφορώτερος pursophorṓteros			πῠρσοφορώτᾰτος pursophorṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

πῠρσοφόρος • (pursophóros) m (genitive πῠρσοφόρου); second declension

1. torch-bearer
2. large brazier

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῠρσοφόρος; τοῦ πῠρσοφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρσοφόρος ho pursophóros	τὼ πῠρσοφόρω tṑ pursophórō	οἱ πῠρσοφόροι hoi pursophóroi
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρσοφόρου toû pursophórou	τοῖν πῠρσοφόροιν toîn pursophóroin	τῶν πῠρσοφόρων tôn pursophórōn
Dative	τῷ πῠρσοφόρῳ tôi pursophórōi	τοῖν πῠρσοφόροιν toîn pursophóroin	τοῖς πῠρσοφόροις toîs pursophórois
Accusative	τὸν πῠρσοφόρον tòn pursophóron	τὼ πῠρσοφόρω tṑ pursophórō	τοὺς πῠρσοφόρους toùs pursophórous
Vocative	πῠρσοφόρε pursophóre	πῠρσοφόρω pursophórō	πῠρσοφόροι pursophóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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