πύρνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πύρνος (púrnos, “morsel; one-seeded cereal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýr.non/ → /ˈpyr.non/ → /ˈpir.non/

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

Noun

πῠ́ρνον • (pŭ́rnon) n (genitive πῠ́ρνου); second declension

1. wheaten bread, especially the one with bran on it
2. (in general) food, meat

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῠ́ρνον; τοῦ πῠ́ρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῠ́ρνον tò pŭ́rnon	τὼ πῠ́ρνω tṑ pŭ́rnō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρνᾰ tằ pŭ́rnă
Genitive	τοῦ πῠ́ρνου toû pŭ́rnou	τοῖν πῠ́ρνοιν toîn pŭ́rnoin	τῶν πῠ́ρνων tôn pŭ́rnōn
Dative	τῷ πῠ́ρνῳ tôi pŭ́rnōi	τοῖν πῠ́ρνοιν toîn pŭ́rnoin	τοῖς πῠ́ρνοις toîs pŭ́rnois
Accusative	τὸ πῠ́ρνον tò pŭ́rnon	τὼ πῠ́ρνω tṑ pŭ́rnō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρνᾰ tằ pŭ́rnă
Vocative	πῠ́ρνον pŭ́rnon	πῠ́ρνω pŭ́rnō	πῠ́ρνᾰ pŭ́rnă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πύρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πύρνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πύρνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύρνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πύρνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963