πυρσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/ → /pyrˈsos/ → /pirˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pirˈsos/

Noun

πῠρσός • (pŭrsós) m (genitive πῠρσοῦ); second declension

1. firebrand, torch

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

2. beacon, signal-fire

   Synonym: φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

3. (in the plural) watchfires

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πῠρσός; τοῦ πῠρσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρσός ho pŭrsós	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pŭrsṓ	οἱ πῠρσοί hoi pŭrsoí
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρσοῦ toû pŭrsoû	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pŭrsoîn	τῶν πῠρσῶν tôn pŭrsôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρσῷ tôi pŭrsôi	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pŭrsoîn	τοῖς πῠρσοῖς toîs pŭrsoîs
Accusative	τὸν πῠρσόν tòn pŭrsón	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pŭrsṓ	τοὺς πῠρσούς toùs pŭrsoús
Vocative	πῠρσέ pŭrsé	πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ	πῠρσοί pŭrsoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πυρσεία (purseía)
• πυρσευτήρ (purseutḗr)
• πυρσευτής (purseutḗs)
• πυρσεύω (purseúō)
• πυρσοβόλος (pursobólos)
• πυρσογενής (pursogenḗs)
• πυρσοδυνάστης (pursodunástēs)
• πυρσοέλικτος (pursoéliktos)
• πυρσοτόκος (pursotókos)
• πυρσοφόρος (pursophóros)
• πυρσώδης (pursṓdēs)
• πυρσωπός (pursōpós)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/ → /pyrˈsos/ → /pirˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pirˈsos/

Adjective

πῠρσός • (pŭrsós) m (feminine πῠρσή, neuter πῠρσόν); first/second declension

1. Alternative form of πυρρός (purrhós)

Declension

First and second declension of πῠρσός; πῠρσή; πῠρσόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρσός pŭrsós	πῠρσή pŭrsḗ	πῠρσόν pŭrsón		πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pŭrsā́	πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ		πῠρσοί pŭrsoí	πῠρσαί pŭrsaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pŭrsắ
Genitive		πῠρσοῦ pŭrsoû	πῠρσῆς pŭrsês	πῠρσοῦ pŭrsoû		πῠρσοῖν pŭrsoîn	πῠρσαῖν pŭrsaîn	πῠρσοῖν pŭrsoîn		πῠρσῶν pŭrsôn	πῠρσῶν pŭrsôn	πῠρσῶν pŭrsôn
Dative		πῠρσῷ pŭrsôi	πῠρσῇ pŭrsêi	πῠρσῷ pŭrsôi		πῠρσοῖν pŭrsoîn	πῠρσαῖν pŭrsaîn	πῠρσοῖν pŭrsoîn		πῠρσοῖς pŭrsoîs	πῠρσαῖς pŭrsaîs	πῠρσοῖς pŭrsoîs
Accusative		πῠρσόν pŭrsón	πῠρσήν pŭrsḗn	πῠρσόν pŭrsón		πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pŭrsā́	πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ		πῠρσούς pŭrsoús	πῠρσᾱ́ς pŭrsā́s	πῠρσᾰ́ pŭrsắ
Vocative		πῠρσέ pŭrsé	πῠρσή pŭrsḗ	πῠρσόν pŭrsón		πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pŭrsā́	πῠρσώ pŭrsṓ		πῠρσοί pŭrsoí	πῠρσαί pŭrsaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pŭrsắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πῠρσῶς pŭrsôs				πῠρσότερος pŭrsóteros				πῠρσότᾰτος pŭrsótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πυρσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette