τυρός

See also: Τύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tūrós (whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀶𐀫 (tu-ro /tūrós/)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂-ró-s, from *tewh₂- (“to swell”), from the same root as *tewH-k- (Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Old English þēoh (“thigh”)), *tewH-m- (Latin tumeō, Old English þuma (“thumb”)), etc.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tyː.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈros/

Noun

τῡρός • (tūrós) m (genitive τῡροῦ); second declension

cheese

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τῡρός; τοῦ τῡροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῡρός ho tūrós	τὼ τῡρώ tṑ tūrṓ	οἱ τῡροί hoi tūroí
Genitive	τοῦ τῡροῦ toû tūroû	τοῖν τῡροῖν toîn tūroîn	τῶν τῡρῶν tôn tūrôn
Dative	τῷ τῡρῷ tôi tūrôi	τοῖν τῡροῖν toîn tūroîn	τοῖς τῡροῖς toîs tūroîs
Accusative	τὸν τῡρόν tòn tūrón	τὼ τῡρώ tṑ tūrṓ	τοὺς τῡρούς toùs tūroús
Vocative	τῡρέ tūré	τῡρώ tūrṓ	τῡροί tūroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βούτῡρον (boútūron)
βούτῡρος (boútūros)
τῡρείᾱ (tūreíā)
τῡροκομεῖον (tūrokomeîon)
τῡροφορεῖον (tūrophoreîon)

Descendants

(from diminutive τυρίον (turíon))

Byzantine Greek: τυρίν (turín)
- Greek: τυρί (tyrí)
- Mariupol Greek: тыри́ (tyrí)