πυρωπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ός (-ós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rɔː.pós/ → /py.roˈpos/ → /pi.roˈpos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rɔː.pós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.roˈpos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.roˈpos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.roˈpos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.roˈpos/

Adjective

πῠρωπός • (pŭrōpós) m or f (neuter πῠρωπόν); second declension

1. fiery-eyed, fiery

Declension

Second declension of πῠρωπός; πῠρωπόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρωπός pŭrōpós	πῠρωπόν pŭrōpón		πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ	πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ		πῠρωποί pŭrōpoí	πῠρωπᾰ́ pŭrōpắ
Genitive		πῠρωποῦ pŭrōpoû	πῠρωποῦ pŭrōpoû		πῠρωποῖν pŭrōpoîn	πῠρωποῖν pŭrōpoîn		πῠρωπῶν pŭrōpôn	πῠρωπῶν pŭrōpôn
Dative		πῠρωπῷ pŭrōpôi	πῠρωπῷ pŭrōpôi		πῠρωποῖν pŭrōpoîn	πῠρωποῖν pŭrōpoîn		πῠρωποῖς pŭrōpoîs	πῠρωποῖς pŭrōpoîs
Accusative		πῠρωπόν pŭrōpón	πῠρωπόν pŭrōpón		πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ	πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ		πῠρωπούς pŭrōpoús	πῠρωπᾰ́ pŭrōpắ
Vocative		πῠρωπέ pŭrōpé	πῠρωπόν pŭrōpón		πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ	πῠρωπώ pŭrōpṓ		πῠρωποί pŭrōpoí	πῠρωπᾰ́ pŭrōpắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῠρωπῶς pŭrōpôs			πῠρωπότερος pŭrōpóteros			πῠρωπότᾰτος pŭrōpótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: pyrōpus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• πυρωπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πυρωπός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πυρωπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fiery idem, page 318.