βούτυρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούτῡρον n (boútūron)

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.tyː.ros/ → /ˈβu.ty.ros/ → /ˈvu.ti.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.tyː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ty.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.ty.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ty.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ti.ros/

Noun

βούτῡρος • (boútūros) m (genitive βουτῡ́ρου); second declension

1. butter

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούτῡρος; τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βούτῡρος ho boútūros	τὼ βουτῡ́ρω tṑ boutū́rō	οἱ βούτῡροι hoi boútūroi
Genitive	τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου toû boutū́rou	τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν toîn boutū́roin	τῶν βουτῡ́ρων tôn boutū́rōn
Dative	τῷ βουτῡ́ρῳ tôi boutū́rōi	τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν toîn boutū́roin	τοῖς βουτῡ́ροις toîs boutū́rois
Accusative	τὸν βούτῡρον tòn boútūron	τὼ βουτῡ́ρω tṑ boutū́rō	τοὺς βουτῡ́ρους toùs boutū́rous
Vocative	βούτῡρε boútūre	βουτῡ́ρω boutū́rō	βούτῡροι boútūroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• βούτυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούτυρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βούτυρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften