εἶρος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThis word ultimately continues *ϝέρϝος (*wérwos), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”), the same root of Latin vervēx (“wether”) and ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /êː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ros/
Noun
editεἶρος • (eîros) n (genitive εἴρεος); third declension
- wool
- Synonym: ἔρῐον (érion)
- cottonweed (Otanthus maritimus)
- Synonym: γνᾰφᾰ́λλῐον (gnaphállion)
- kind of fever
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ εἶρος tò eîros |
τὼ εἴρεε tṑ eíree |
τᾰ̀ εἴρεᾰ tà eírea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ εἴρεος toû eíreos |
τοῖν εἰρέοιν toîn eiréoin |
τῶν εἰρέων tôn eiréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ εἴρεῐ̈ tôi eíreï |
τοῖν εἰρέοιν toîn eiréoin |
τοῖς εἴρεσῐ / εἴρεσῐν toîs eíresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ εἶρος tò eîros |
τὼ εἴρεε tṑ eíree |
τᾰ̀ εἴρεᾰ tà eírea | ||||||||||
Vocative | εἶρος eîros |
εἴρεε eíree |
εἴρεᾰ eírea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “εἶρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἶρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εἶρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἶρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἶρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392
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