πυρρούλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from πῠρρός (purrhós, “red, fiery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ǔː.laːs/ → /pyrˈru.las/ → /piˈru.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ǔː.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈru.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈru.las/

Noun

πῠρρούλᾱς • (purrhoúlās) m (genitive πῠρρούλου); first declension

1. bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῠρρούλᾱς; τοῦ πῠρρούλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρρούλᾱς ho purrhoúlās	τὼ πῠρρούλᾱ tṑ purrhoúlā	οἱ πῠρροῦλαι hoi purrhoûlai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρρούλου toû purrhoúlou	τοῖν πῠρρούλαιν toîn purrhoúlain	τῶν πῠρρουλῶν tôn purrhoulôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρρούλᾳ tôi purrhoúlāi	τοῖν πῠρρούλαιν toîn purrhoúlain	τοῖς πῠρρούλαις toîs purrhoúlais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρρούλᾱν tòn purrhoúlān	τὼ πῠρρούλᾱ tṑ purrhoúlā	τοὺς πῠρρούλᾱς toùs purrhoúlās
Vocative	πῠρρούλᾱ purrhoúlā	πῠρρούλᾱ purrhoúlā	πῠρροῦλαι purrhoûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Pyrrhula

Further reading

• “πυρρούλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρρούλας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette