σῦς
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Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ὗς (hûs) (prose and verse)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *sū- (“swine”)
PronunciationEdit
- 5th BC Attic: IPA: /sy᷇ːs/
- 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /sys/
- 4th AD Koine: IPA: /sys/
- 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /sys/
- 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /sis/
NounEdit
σῦς • (sûs) m, f (genitive συός); third declension
InflectionEdit
Declension of σῦς, συός
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ/ἡ σῦς | τὼ σύε | οἱ/αἱ σύες |
| Genitive | τοῦ/τῆς συός | τοῖν συοῖν | τῶν συῶν |
| Dative | τῷ/τῇ συΐ | τοῖν συοῖν | τοῖς/ταῖς συσΐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸν/τὴν σῦν | τὼ σύε | τοὺς/τὰς σῦς |
| Vocative | σῦ | σύε | σύες |
Related termsEdit
- ὕαινα (húaina)
ReferencesEdit
- σῦς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «σῦς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «σῦς» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 612