πύρδαλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠ́ρδᾰνον (púrdanon)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), with a formation similar to the synonymous word φρύγανον (phrúganon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýr.da.lon/ → /ˈpyr.ða.lon/ → /ˈpir.ða.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýr.da.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.da.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.ða.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyr.ða.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpir.ða.lon/

Noun

πῠ́ρδᾰλον • (púrdalon) n (genitive πῠρδᾰ́λου); second declension

1. small wood for burning

   Synonym: φρῡ́γᾰνον (phrū́ganon)

2. kitchen or stove for cooking

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον; τοῦ πῠρδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον tò púrdalon	τὼ πῠρδᾰ́λω tṑ purdálō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ tà púrdala
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρδᾰ́λου toû purdálou	τοῖν πῠρδᾰ́λοιν toîn purdáloin	τῶν πῠρδᾰ́λων tôn purdálōn
Dative	τῷ πῠρδᾰ́λῳ tôi purdálōi	τοῖν πῠρδᾰ́λοιν toîn purdáloin	τοῖς πῠρδᾰ́λοις toîs purdálois
Accusative	τὸ πῠ́ρδᾰλον tò púrdalon	τὼ πῠρδᾰ́λω tṑ purdálō	τᾰ̀ πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ tà púrdala
Vocative	πῠ́ρδᾰλον púrdalon	πῠρδᾰ́λω purdálō	πῠ́ρδᾰλᾰ púrdala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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