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 • (púrnon) 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 púrnon	τὼ πῠ́ρνω tṑ púrnō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρνᾰ tà púrna
Genitive	τοῦ πῠ́ρνου toû púrnou	τοῖν πῠ́ρνοιν toîn púrnoin	τῶν πῠ́ρνων tôn púrnōn
Dative	τῷ πῠ́ρνῳ tôi púrnōi	τοῖν πῠ́ρνοιν toîn púrnoin	τοῖς πῠ́ρνοις toîs púrnois
Accusative	τὸ πῠ́ρνον tò púrnon	τὼ πῠ́ρνω tṑ púrnō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρνᾰ tà púrna
Vocative	πῠ́ρνον púrnon	πῠ́ρνω púrnō	πῠ́ρνᾰ púrna
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