ἐμπυρισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπυρίζω (empurízō, “to burn”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.py.riz.mós/ → /em.py.rizˈmos/ → /em.bi.rizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.py.riz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.bi.rizˈmos/

Noun

ἐμπῠρῐσμός • (empŭrĭsmós) m (genitive ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. fire, especially deliberate
2. burning of weeds
3. ergot, kind of parasitic fungus
4. incensation, burning of perfumes

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐμπῠρῐσμός; τοῦ ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐμπῠρῐσμός ho empŭrĭsmós	τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empŭrĭsmṓ	οἱ ἐμπῠρῐσμοί hoi empŭrĭsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ toû empŭrĭsmoû	τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empŭrĭsmoîn	τῶν ἐμπῠρῐσμῶν tôn empŭrĭsmôn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπῠρῐσμῷ tôi empŭrĭsmôi	τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empŭrĭsmoîn	τοῖς ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖς toîs empŭrĭsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐμπῠρῐσμόν tòn empŭrĭsmón	τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empŭrĭsmṓ	τοὺς ἐμπῠρῐσμούς toùs empŭrĭsmoús
Vocative	ἐμπῠρῐσμέ empŭrĭsmé	ἐμπῠρῐσμώ empŭrĭsmṓ	ἐμπῠρῐσμοί empŭrĭsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐμπυρισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμπυρισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμπυρισμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)