βύρσινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βύρσα (búrsa, “skin stripped off”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býr.si.nos/ → /ˈβyr.si.nos/ → /ˈvir.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býr.si.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbyr.si.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβyr.si.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvyr.si.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.si.nos/

Adjective

βύρσῐνος • (búrsinos) m (feminine βυρσίνη, neuter βύρσῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of leather

Inflection

First and second declension of βύρσῐνος; βυρσῐ́νη; βύρσῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βύρσῐνος búrsinos	βυρσῐ́νη bursínē	βύρσῐνον búrsinon		βυρσῐ́νω bursínō	βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursínā	βυρσῐ́νω bursínō		βύρσῐνοι búrsinoi	βύρσῐναι búrsinai	βύρσῐνᾰ búrsina
Genitive		βυρσῐ́νου bursínou	βυρσῐ́νης bursínēs	βυρσῐ́νου bursínou		βυρσῐ́νοιν bursínoin	βυρσῐ́ναιν bursínain	βυρσῐ́νοιν bursínoin		βυρσῐ́νων bursínōn	βυρσῐ́νων bursínōn	βυρσῐ́νων bursínōn
Dative		βυρσῐ́νῳ bursínōi	βυρσῐ́νῃ bursínēi	βυρσῐ́νῳ bursínōi		βυρσῐ́νοιν bursínoin	βυρσῐ́ναιν bursínain	βυρσῐ́νοιν bursínoin		βυρσῐ́νοις bursínois	βυρσῐ́ναις bursínais	βυρσῐ́νοις bursínois
Accusative		βύρσῐνον búrsinon	βυρσῐ́νην bursínēn	βύρσῐνον búrsinon		βυρσῐ́νω bursínō	βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursínā	βυρσῐ́νω bursínō		βυρσῐ́νους bursínous	βυρσῐ́νᾱς bursínās	βύρσῐνᾰ búrsina
Vocative		βύρσῐνε búrsine	βυρσῐ́νη bursínē	βύρσῐνον búrsinon		βυρσῐ́νω bursínō	βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursínā	βυρσῐ́νω bursínō		βύρσῐνοι búrsinoi	βύρσῐναι búrsinai	βύρσῐνᾰ búrsina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βυρσῐ́νως bursínōs				βυρσῐνώτερος bursinṓteros				βυρσῐνώτᾰτος bursinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βύρσινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βύρσινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βύρσινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)