σάτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek. Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.ty.ros/ → /ˈsa.ty.ros/ → /ˈsa.ti.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.ty.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ty.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ty.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ty.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ti.ros/

Noun

σᾰ́τῠρος • (sáturos) m (genitive σᾰτῠ́ρου); second declension

1. satyr
2. lewd person
3. a type of play which had satyrs in the chorus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ σᾰ́τῠρος; τοῦ σᾰτῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́τῠρος ho sáturos	τὼ σᾰτῠ́ρω tṑ satúrō	οἱ σᾰ́τῠροι hoi sáturoi
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰτῠ́ρου toû satúrou	τοῖν σᾰτῠ́ροιν toîn satúroin	τῶν σᾰτῠ́ρων tôn satúrōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰτῠ́ρῳ tôi satúrōi	τοῖν σᾰτῠ́ροιν toîn satúroin	τοῖς σᾰτῠ́ροις toîs satúrois
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́τῠρον tòn sáturon	τὼ σᾰτῠ́ρω tṑ satúrō	τοὺς σᾰτῠ́ρους toùs satúrous
Vocative	σᾰ́τῠρε sáture	σᾰτῠ́ρω satúrō	σᾰ́τῠροι sáturoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• τῑ́τῠρος (tī́turos)

Derived terms

• σᾰτῠρῐκός (saturikós)
• σᾰτῠρῐ́σκος (saturískos)

Descendants

• → Latin: satyrus
• → Old Armenian: սատիրոս (satiros)
• → Polish: satyr
• → Russian: сати́р m (satír)

References

• “σάτυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024