σῶρυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σῶρῐ (sôrĭ)

Etymology

A foreign word of unknown origin. The formation recalls μίσυ (mísu), βράθυ (bráthu) and μῶλυ (môlu). The variation υ/ι points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ː.ry/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ri/

Noun

σῶρῠ • (sôrŭ) n (genitive σώρῠος); third declension

(mineralogy) melanterite, ferrous sulphate

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῶρῠ; τοῦ σώρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῶρῠ tò sôrŭ	τὼ σώρῠε tṑ sṓrŭe	τᾰ̀ σώρῠᾰ tằ sṓrŭă
Genitive	τοῦ σώρῠος toû sṓrŭos	τοῖν σωρῠ́οιν toîn sōrŭ́oin	τῶν σωρῠ́ων tôn sōrŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σώρῠῐ̈ tôi sṓrŭĭ̈	τοῖν σωρῠ́οιν toîn sōrŭ́oin	τοῖς σώρῠσῐ / σώρῠσῐν toîs sṓrŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῶρῠ tò sôrŭ	τὼ σώρῠε tṑ sṓrŭe	τᾰ̀ σώρῠᾰ tằ sṓrŭă
Vocative	σῶρῠ sôrŭ	σώρῠε sṓrŭe	σώρῠᾰ sṓrŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: sōry

“σῶρυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σῶρυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN