τυρεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tyː.rěː.aː/ → /tyˈri.a/ → /tiˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tyː.rěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈri.a/

Noun

τῡρείᾱ • (tūreíā) f (genitive τῡρείᾱς); first declension

1. cheese-making
2. cheese-press
3. cheese used as an offering
4. (figuratively) intrigue, roguery

Declension

First declension of ἡ τῡρείᾱ; τῆς τῡρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῡρείᾱ hē tūreíā	τὼ τῡρείᾱ tṑ tūreíā	αἱ τῡρεῖαι hai tūreîai
Genitive	τῆς τῡρείᾱς tês tūreíās	τοῖν τῡρείαιν toîn tūreíain	τῶν τῡρειῶν tôn tūreiôn
Dative	τῇ τῡρείᾳ têi tūreíāi	τοῖν τῡρείαιν toîn tūreíain	ταῖς τῡρείαις taîs tūreíais
Accusative	τὴν τῡρείᾱν tḕn tūreíān	τὼ τῡρείᾱ tṑ tūreíā	τᾱ̀ς τῡρείᾱς tā̀s tūreíās
Vocative	τῡρείᾱ tūreíā	τῡρείᾱ tūreíā	τῡρεῖαι tūreîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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