αἴλουρος
See also: αίλουρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰέλουρος (aiélouros)
Etymology
Pre-Greek. Longstanding tradition holds it to derive from αἰόλος (aiólos, “fast moving, nimble”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”); while it has the feel of folk etymology, it may nonetheless be the case. Has also been compared to Latin viverra (“ferret”) and Lithuanian vaiveris (“polecat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎi̯.luː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.lu.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.lu.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.lu.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.lu.ros/
Noun
αἴλουρος • (aílouros) m or f (genitive αἰλούρου); second declension
- cat; domestic cat, tom (male), queen (female)
- weasel
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ, ἡ αἴλουρος; τοῦ, τῆς αἰλούρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ αἴλουρος ho, hē aílouros | τὼ αἰλούρω tṑ ailoúrō | οἱ, αἱ αἴλουροι hoi, hai aílouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς αἰλούρου toû, tês ailoúrou | τοῖν αἰλούροιν toîn ailoúroin | τῶν αἰλούρων tôn ailoúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ αἰλούρῳ tôi, têi ailoúrōi | τοῖν αἰλούροιν toîn ailoúroin | τοῖς, ταῖς αἰλούροις toîs, taîs ailoúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν αἴλουρον tòn, tḕn aílouron | τὼ αἰλούρω tṑ ailoúrō | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς αἰλούρους toùs, tā̀s ailoúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἴλουρε aíloure | αἰλούρω ailoúrō | αἴλουροι aílouroi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- κάττα (kátta)
Descendants
- Greek: αίλουρος (aílouros)
- → Translingual: Ailurus
- → Latin: aelurus
References
- “αἴλουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἴλουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἴλουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἴλουρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cat idem, page 118.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN