Πύρρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, yellowish-red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýr̥.r̥os/ → /ˈpyr.ros/ → /ˈpi.ros/

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

Proper noun

Πῠ́ρρος • (Púrrhos) m (genitive Πῠ́ρρου); second declension

1. Pyrrhus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πῠ́ρρος; τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πῠ́ρρος ho Púrrhos
Genitive	τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου toû Púrrhou
Dative	τῷ Πῠ́ρρῳ tôi Púrrhōi
Accusative	τὸν Πῠ́ρρον tòn Púrrhon
Vocative	Πῠ́ρρε Púrrhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πῠ́ρρᾱ (Púrrhā)

Descendants

• French: Pyrrhus
• Greek: Πύρρος (Pýrros)
• Hungarian: Pürrosz, pürroszi (in the literal sense) and pirruszi (in the metaphorical sense)
• Italian: Pirro
• Latin: Pyrrhus
• Polish: Pyrrus
• Portuguese: Pirro
• Spanish: Pirro

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023