τυρεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tyː.rěː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tyˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tyˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tyˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈri.a/
Noun
τῡρείᾱ • (tūreíā) f (genitive τῡρείᾱς); first declension
- cheese-making
- cheese-press
- cheese used as an offering
- (figuratively) intrigue, roguery
Declension
First declension of ἡ τῡρείᾱ; τῆς τῡρείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τῡρείᾱ hē tūreíā | τὼ τῡρείᾱ tṑ tūreíā | αἱ τῡρεῖαι hai tūreîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τῡρείᾱς tês tūreíās | τοῖν τῡρείαιν toîn tūreíain | τῶν τῡρειῶν tôn tūreiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τῡρείᾳ têi tūreíāi | τῡρείαιν tūreíain | ταῖς τῡρείαις taîs tūreíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τῡρείᾱν tḕn tūreíān | τῡρείᾱ tūreíā | τᾱ̀ς τῡρείᾱς tā̀s tūreíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τῡρείᾱ tūreíā | τῡρείᾱ tūreíā | τῡρεῖαι tūreîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- τυρεία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τυρεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette