σάτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; possibly loaned from a Pre-Greek substrate.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

σᾰ́τῠρος • (sắtŭros) m (genitive σᾰτῠ́ρου); second declension

1. satyr
2. lewd person
3. a type of play with satyrs in the chorus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σᾰ́τῠρος; τοῦ σᾰτῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́τῠρος ho sắtŭros	τὼ σᾰτῠ́ρω tṑ sătŭ́rō	οἱ σᾰ́τῠροι hoi sắtŭroi
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰτῠ́ρου toû sătŭ́rou	τοῖν σᾰτῠ́ροιν toîn sătŭ́roin	τῶν σᾰτῠ́ρων tôn sătŭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰτῠ́ρῳ tôi sătŭ́rōi	τοῖν σᾰτῠ́ροιν toîn sătŭ́roin	τοῖς σᾰτῠ́ροις toîs sătŭ́rois
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́τῠρον tòn sắtŭron	τὼ σᾰτῠ́ρω tṑ sătŭ́rō	τοὺς σᾰτῠ́ρους toùs sătŭ́rous
Vocative	σᾰ́τῠρε sắtŭre	σᾰτῠ́ρω sătŭ́rō	σᾰ́τῠροι sắtŭroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• τῑ́τῠρος (tī́tŭros)

Derived terms

• σᾰτῠρῐκός (sătŭrĭkós)
• σᾰτῠρῐ́σκος (sătŭrĭ́skos)

Descendants

• → Latin: satyrus
  • → English: satyr
  • → Translingual: Satyrus
• → Old Armenian: սատիրոս (satiros)
• → Arabic: سَعْتَر (saʕtar)
  • → Turkish: soytarı
• → Polish: satyr
• → Russian: сати́р m (satír)

References

• “σάτυρος”, 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, page 1,024