πυρρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυρσός (pursós)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ós/ → /pyrˈros/ → /piˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈros/

Adjective

πῠρρός • (purrhós) m (feminine πῠρρᾱ́, neuter πῠρρόν); first/second declension

1. flame-coloured, yellowish-red

   Synonym: φλόγινος (phlóginos)

2. red-haired, redheaded
3. (in general) tawny

   Synonym: κιρρός (kirrhós)

4. red

   Synonym: ἐρυθρός (eruthrós)

5. blushing, blush

Declension

First and second declension of πῠρρός; πῠρρᾱ́; πῠρρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρρός purrhós	πῠρρᾱ́ purrhā́	πῠρρόν purrhón		πῠρρώ purrhṓ	πῠρρᾱ́ purrhā́	πῠρρώ purrhṓ		πῠρροί purrhoí	πῠρραί purrhaí	πῠρρᾰ́ purrhá
Genitive		πῠρροῦ purrhoû	πῠρρᾶς purrhâs	πῠρροῦ purrhoû		πῠρροῖν purrhoîn	πῠρραῖν purrhaîn	πῠρροῖν purrhoîn		πῠρρῶν purrhôn	πῠρρῶν purrhôn	πῠρρῶν purrhôn
Dative		πῠρρῷ purrhôi	πῠρρᾷ purrhâi	πῠρρῷ purrhôi		πῠρροῖν purrhoîn	πῠρραῖν purrhaîn	πῠρροῖν purrhoîn		πῠρροῖς purrhoîs	πῠρραῖς purrhaîs	πῠρροῖς purrhoîs
Accusative		πῠρρόν purrhón	πῠρρᾱ́ν purrhā́n	πῠρρόν purrhón		πῠρρώ purrhṓ	πῠρρᾱ́ purrhā́	πῠρρώ purrhṓ		πῠρρούς purrhoús	πῠρρᾱ́ς purrhā́s	πῠρρᾰ́ purrhá
Vocative		πῠρρέ purrhé	πῠρρᾱ́ purrhā́	πῠρρόν purrhón		πῠρρώ purrhṓ	πῠρρᾱ́ purrhā́	πῠρρώ purrhṓ		πῠρροί purrhoí	πῠρραί purrhaí	πῠρρᾰ́ purrhá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πῠρρῶς purrhôs				πῠρρότερος purrhóteros				πῠρρότᾰτος purrhótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πυρράζω (purrházō)
• πυρραία (purrhaía)
• πυρράκης (purrhákēs)
• πυρριάω (purrhiáō)
• πυρρίζω (purrhízō)
• πύρριχος (púrrhikhos)
• πυρρόγειος (purrhógeios)
• πυρρογένειος (purrhogéneios)
• πύρροθριξ (púrrhothrix)
• πυρροκόμης (purrhokómēs)
• πυρροκόραξ (purrhokórax)
• πυρρόξανθος (purrhóxanthos)
• πυρρόομαι (purrhóomai)
• πυρροποίκιλος (purrhopoíkilos)
• πυρροπτέρυξ (purrhoptérux)
• πυρρόστυφον (purrhóstuphon)
• πυρρότης (purrhótēs)
• πυρρούλας (purrhoúlas)
• πυρρόχροος (purrhókhroos)
• πυρρώδης (purrhṓdēs)
• πῠρρῐ́ᾱς (purrhíās)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: burrus

Further reading

• “πυρρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πυρρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πυρρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette