Οἰτόσυρος

Οἰτόσυρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γοιτόσῠρος (Goitósuros)

Etymology

From Scythian *gaiθā (“herd, possessions”) + *sūra (“strong, mighty”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.tó.sy.ros/ → /yˈto.sy.ros/ → /iˈto.si.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.tó.sy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈto.sy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈto.sy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈto.sy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈto.si.ros/

Proper noun

Οἰτόσῠρος • (Oitósuros) m (genitive Οἰτοσῠ́ρου); second declension

1. Oetosyrus, the Scythian name of Apollo

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Οἰτόσῠρος; τοῦ Οἰτοσῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οἰτόσῠρος ho Oitósuros
Genitive	τοῦ Οἰτοσῠ́ρου toû Oitosúrou
Dative	τῷ Οἰτοσῠ́ρῳ tôi Oitosúrōi
Accusative	τὸν Οἰτόσῠρον tòn Oitósuron
Vocative	Οἰτόσῠρε Oitósure
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Oetosyrus

References

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE", in Encyclopaedia Iranica, April 10, 2018

Further reading

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