πυρίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈri.tis/
Noun
πῠρῑ́της • (purī́tēs) m (genitive πῠρῑ́του); first declension
- (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
- name of other varieties of uncertain nature
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῠρῑ́της; τοῦ πῠρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῠρῑ́της ho purī́tēs | τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā | οἱ πῠρῖται hoi purîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῠρῑ́του toû purī́tou | τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain | τῶν πῠρῑτῶν tôn purītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῠρῑ́τῃ tôi purī́tēi | τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain | τοῖς πῠρῑ́ταις toîs purī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῠρῑ́την tòn purī́tēn | τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā | τοὺς πῠρῑ́τᾱς toùs purī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠρῖτᾰ purîta | πῠρῑ́τᾱ purī́tā | πῠρῖται purîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: pyrītēs
- → English: pyrite
- → Italian: pirite
Etymology 2
From πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyː.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈri.tis/
Noun
πῡρῑ́της • (pūrī́tēs) m (genitive πῡρῑ́του); first declension
- kind of wheaten loaf
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῡρῑ́της; τοῦ πῡρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῡρῑ́της ho pūrī́tēs | τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā | οἱ πῡρῖται hoi pūrîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῡρῑ́του toû pūrī́tou | τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain | τῶν πῡρῑτῶν tôn pūrītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῡρῑ́τῃ tôi pūrī́tēi | τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain | τοῖς πῡρῑ́ταις toîs pūrī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῡρῑ́την tòn pūrī́tēn | τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā | τοὺς πῡρῑ́τᾱς toùs pūrī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῡρῖτᾰ pūrîta | πῡρῑ́τᾱ pūrī́tā | πῡρῖται pūrîtai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette