πύρδαλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠ́ρδᾰνον (pŭ́rdănon)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), with a formation similar to the synonymous word φρύγανον (phrúganon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýr.da.lon/ → /ˈpyr.ða.lon/ → /ˈpir.ða.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýr.da.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.da.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.ða.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.ða.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpir.ða.lon/

Noun

πῠ́ρδᾰλον • (pŭ́rdălon) n (genitive πῠρδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. small wood for burning

   Synonym: φρῡ́γᾰνον (phrū́gănon)

2. kitchen or stove for cooking

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον; τοῦ πῠρδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον tò pŭ́rdălon	τὼ πῠρδᾰ́λω tṑ pŭrdắlō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ tằ pŭ́rdălă
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρδᾰ́λου toû pŭrdắlou	τοῖν πῠρδᾰ́λοιν toîn pŭrdắloin	τῶν πῠρδᾰ́λων tôn pŭrdắlōn
Dative	τῷ πῠρδᾰ́λῳ tôi pŭrdắlōi	τοῖν πῠρδᾰ́λοιν toîn pŭrdắloin	τοῖς πῠρδᾰ́λοις toîs pŭrdắlois
Accusative	τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον tò pŭ́rdălon	τὼ πῠρδᾰ́λω tṑ pŭrdắlō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ tằ pŭ́rdălă
Vocative	πῠ́ρδᾰλον pŭ́rdălon	πῠρδᾰ́λω pŭrdắlō	πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ pŭ́rdălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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