σῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὗς (hûs) — prose, Poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *súHs (“swine”); doublet of ὗς (hûs). The reason for the survival of initial /s/ in this form is unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sŷːs/ → /sys/ → /sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sŷːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sis/

Noun

σῦς • (sûs) m or f (genitive σῠός); third declension

1. pig; swine; hog

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ σῦς; τοῦ, τῆς σῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ σῦς ho, hē sûs	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ súe	οἱ, αἱ σῠ́ες hoi, hai súes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σῠός toû, tês suós	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn suoîn	τῶν σῠῶν tôn suôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σῠῐ̈́ tôi, têi suḯ	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn suoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς σῡσῐ́ / σῡσῐ́ν / σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν toîs, taîs sūsí(n) / susí(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σῦν tòn, tḕn sûn	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ súe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς toùs, tā̀s sûs / súas
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε súe	σῠ́ες súes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of σῦς; σῠός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σῦς sûs	σῠ́ε súe	σῠ́ες súes
Genitive	σῠός suós	σῠ́οιῐν súoiin	σῠῶν suôn
Dative	σῠῐ̈́ suḯ	σῠ́οιῐν súoiin	σῠ́εσσῐ / σῠ́εσσῐν súessi(n)
Accusative	σῦν sûn	σῠ́ε súe	σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς sûs / súas
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε súe	σῠ́ες súes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• σύαινα (súaina)
• σύϊνος (súïnos)

 

Related terms

• ὕαινᾰ (húaina)

Further reading

• “σῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σῦς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 612