σάρος

See also: Σάρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σαρός (sarós)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒊹 (šar₂ /⁠šār⁠/, “3600, total, many, a great quantity or measure”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.ros/ → /ˈsa.ros/ → /ˈsa.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ros/

Noun

σᾰ́ρος • (sáros) m (genitive σᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. (in Babylon) cycle of 3600 years
2. (astronomy) cycle of 222 months

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σᾰ́ρος; τοῦ σᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́ρος ho sáros	τὼ σᾰ́ρω tṑ sárō	οἱ σᾰ́ροι hoi sároi
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́ρου toû sárou	τοῖν σᾰ́ροιν toîn sároin	τῶν σᾰ́ρων tôn sárōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́ρῳ tôi sárōi	τοῖν σᾰ́ροιν toîn sároin	τοῖς σᾰ́ροις toîs sárois
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́ρον tòn sáron	τὼ σᾰ́ρω tṑ sárō	τοὺς σᾰ́ρους toùs sárous
Vocative	σᾰ́ρε sáre	σᾰ́ρω sárō	σᾰ́ροι sároi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: saros

See also

• νῆρος (nêros)
• σῶσσος (sôssos)

 

Further reading

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