Πύρρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πῠρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, yellowish-red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pýr̥.r̥os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpyr.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpyr.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpyr.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ros/
Proper noun
Πῠ́ρρος • (Púrrhos) m (genitive Πῠ́ρρου); second declension
- Pyrrhus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Πῠ́ρρος; τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πῠ́ρρος ho Púrrhos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου toû Púrrhou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πῠ́ρρῳ tôi Púrrhōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πῠ́ρρον tòn Púrrhon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Πῠ́ρρε Púrrhe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πῠ́ρρᾱ (Púrrhā)
Descendants
- French: Pyrrhus
- Greek: Πύρρος (Pýrros)
- Hungarian: Pürrosz, pürroszi (in the literal sense) and pirruszi (in the metaphorical sense)
- Italian: Pirro
- Latin: Pyrrhus
- Portuguese: Pirro
- Spanish: Pirro
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023