βλοσυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Leumann derives it from a root common to Latin vultur (“vulture”). There is no evidence, however, that the word is Indo-European.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blo.sy.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blo.syˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlo.syˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vlo.syˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vlo.siˈros/
Adjective
βλοσῠρός • (blosurós) m (feminine βλοσῠρᾱ́, neuter βλοσῠρόν); first/second declension
- hairy, shaggy, bristling
- Synonyms: δασύς (dasús), πολύτριχος (polútrikhos)
- rough, coarse, not refined
- masculine, manly, virile
- fierce, grim, ferocious
- solemn, dignified, impressive
Inflection
First and second declension of βλοσῠρός; βλοσῠρᾱ́; βλοσῠρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βλοσῠρός blosurós | βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́ | βλοσῠρόν blosurón | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́ | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠροί blosuroí | βλοσῠραί blosuraí | βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá | |||||
Genitive | βλοσῠροῦ blosuroû | βλοσῠρᾶς blosurâs | βλοσῠροῦ blosuroû | βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn | βλοσῠραῖν blosuraîn | βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn | βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn | βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn | βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn | |||||
Dative | βλοσῠρῷ blosurôi | βλοσῠρᾷ blosurâi | βλοσῠρῷ blosurôi | βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn | βλοσῠραῖν blosuraîn | βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn | βλοσῠροῖς blosuroîs | βλοσῠραῖς blosuraîs | βλοσῠροῖς blosuroîs | |||||
Accusative | βλοσῠρόν blosurón | βλοσῠρᾱ́ν blosurā́n | βλοσῠρόν blosurón | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́ | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠρούς blosuroús | βλοσῠρᾱ́ς blosurā́s | βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá | |||||
Vocative | βλοσῠρέ blosuré | βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́ | βλοσῠρόν blosurón | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́ | βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ | βλοσῠροί blosuroí | βλοσῠραί blosuraí | βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βλοσῠρῶς blosurôs | βλοσῠρώτερος blosurṓteros | βλοσῠρώτᾰτος blosurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βλοσυρία (blosuría)
- βλοσυρόμματος (blosurómmatos)
- βλοσυρότης (blosurótēs)
- βλοσυρόφρων (blosuróphrōn)
- βλοσυρῶπις (blosurôpis)
Further reading
- βλοσυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βλοσυρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλοσυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλοσυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- 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