τορός
See also: τόρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tōrh₁-, from *terh₁- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”). Compare τετραίνω (tetraínō, “to bore”), Latin terō (“I rub”) and Old Armenian թուր (tʿur, “sword”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /to.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /toˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /toˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /toˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /toˈros/
Adjective
τορός • (torós) m (feminine τορᾱ́, neuter τορόν); first/second declension
- (of the voice) piercing, thrilling, shrill
- (of the ear) acute, fine
- (of the eye) piercing, penetrating
- (figuratively) clear, plain, distinct
- (of persons) sharp, ready, smart
Inflection
First and second declension of τορός; τορᾱ́; τορόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | τορός torós | τορᾱ́ torā́ | τορόν torón | τορώ torṓ | τορᾱ́ torā́ | τορώ torṓ | τοροί toroí | τοραί toraí | τορᾰ́ torá | |||||
Genitive | τοροῦ toroû | τορᾶς torâs | τοροῦ toroû | τοροῖν toroîn | τοραῖν toraîn | τοροῖν toroîn | τορῶν torôn | τορῶν torôn | τορῶν torôn | |||||
Dative | τορῷ torôi | τορᾷ torâi | τορῷ torôi | τοροῖν toroîn | τοραῖν toraîn | τοροῖν toroîn | τοροῖς toroîs | τοραῖς toraîs | τοροῖς toroîs | |||||
Accusative | τορόν torón | τορᾱ́ν torā́n | τορόν torón | τορώ torṓ | τορᾱ́ torā́ | τορώ torṓ | τορούς toroús | τορᾱ́ς torā́s | τορᾰ́ torá | |||||
Vocative | τορέ toré | τορᾱ́ torā́ | τορόν torón | τορώ torṓ | τορᾱ́ torā́ | τορώ torṓ | τοροί toroí | τοραί toraí | τορᾰ́ torá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τορῶς torôs | τορώτερος torṓteros | τορώτᾰτος torṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥινοτόρος (rhinotóros)
Further reading
- τορός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τορός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τορός 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, →ISBN