θύαρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to κόμαρος (kómaros) and κίσθαρος (kístharos). The suffix in "-αρος" points to a Pre-Greek word and connection with θύω (thúō, “to rage, seethe”) is a mere guess.
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.a.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.a.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθi.a.ros/
Noun
θύαρος • (thúaros) m (genitive θυάρου); second declension
- (Koine) ryegrass, darnel (Lolium temulentum)
- Synonym: αἶρα (aîra)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ θύαρος; τοῦ θυάρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θύαρος ho thúaros | τὼ θυάρω tṑ thuárō | οἱ θύαροι hoi thúaroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θυάρου toû thuárou | τοῖν θυάροιν toîn thuároin | τῶν θυάρων tôn thuárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θυάρῳ tôi thuárōi | τοῖν θυάροιν toîn thuároin | τοῖς θυάροις toîs thuárois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θύαρον tòn thúaron | τὼ θυάρω tṑ thuárō | τοὺς θυάρους toùs thuárous | ||||||||||
Vocative | θύαρε thúare | θυάρω thuárō | θύαροι thúaroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- θύαρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θύαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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