ζάπυρος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ζά (zá, “very”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdá.py.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈza.pi.ros/
Adjective
editζᾰ́πῠρος • (zápuros) m or f (neuter ζᾰ́πῠρον); second declension
- very fiery
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ζᾰ́πῠρος zápuros |
ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi |
ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Genitive | ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou |
ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou |
ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin |
ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin |
ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn |
ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi |
ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi |
ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin |
ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin |
ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois |
ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron |
ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰπῠ́ρους zapúrous |
ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Vocative | ζᾰ́πῠρε zápure |
ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō |
ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi |
ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζᾰπῠ́ρως zapúrōs |
ζᾰπῠρώτερος zapurṓteros |
ζᾰπῠρώτᾰτος zapurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “ζάπυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζάπυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette