πίτυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like λέπυρον (lépuron), but without a certain explanation. It has been connected to Latin putus (“pure”), Sanskrit पूत (pūtá, “cleansed”) and Proto-Germanic *faujaną (“to sift”), but this is highly unlikely. Note the synonymous glosses πήτεα (pḗtea), πητῖται (pētîtai) which are connected with πῆν (pên). Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the suffix "-ῡρ-".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.ty.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ti.ron/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ί and υ by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

πίτῡρον • (pítūron) n (genitive πιτῡ́ρου); second declension

(in the plural) husks of corn, bran
(pathology) bran-like eruption on the skin, especially dandruff, scurf
bran-like sediment in urine

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πίτῡρον; τοῦ πιτῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πίτῡρον tò pítūron	τὼ πιτῡ́ρω tṑ pitū́rō	τᾰ̀ πίτῡρᾰ tà pítūra
Genitive	τοῦ πιτῡ́ρου toû pitū́rou	τοῖν πιτῡ́ροιν toîn pitū́roin	τῶν πιτῡ́ρων tôn pitū́rōn
Dative	τῷ πιτῡ́ρῳ tôi pitū́rōi	τοῖν πιτῡ́ροιν toîn pitū́roin	τοῖς πιτῡ́ροις toîs pitū́rois
Accusative	τὸ πίτῡρον tò pítūron	τὼ πιτῡ́ρω tṑ pitū́rō	τᾰ̀ πίτῡρᾰ tà pítūra
Vocative	πίτῡρον pítūron	πιτῡ́ρω pitū́rō	πίτῡρᾰ pítūra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πιτυρίας (piturías)
πιτυρίασις (pituríasis)
πιτυρίζω (piturízō)
πιτυρίς (piturís)
πιτύρισμα (pitúrisma)
πιτυρίτης (piturítēs)
πιτυροειδής (pituroeidḗs)
πιτυρόομαι (pituróomai)
πιτυρώδης (piturṓdēs)

Synonyms

ἄχυρον (ákhuron)

Descendants

Greek: πίτουρο (pítouro)