ζάπυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζά (zá, “very”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zá.py.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈza.pi.ros/
Adjective
ζᾰ́πῠρος • (zápuros) m or f (neuter ζᾰ́πῠρον); second declension
- very fiery
Inflection
Second declension of ζᾰ́πῠρος; ζᾰ́πῠρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ζᾰ́πῠρος zápuros | ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi | ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Genitive | ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou | ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou | ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin | ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin | ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn | ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi | ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi | ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin | ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin | ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois | ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron | ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰπῠ́ρους zapúrous | ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Vocative | ζᾰ́πῠρε zápure | ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō | ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi | ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζᾰπῠ́ρως zapúrōs | ζᾰπῠρώτερος zapurṓteros | ζᾰπῠρώτᾰτος zapurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζάπυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζάπυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette