σῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὗς (prose and verse)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sū- (“swine”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /sý͜ys/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /syːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /sys/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /sys/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /sis/

Noun

σῦς (genitive συός) m/f, third declension; (sūs)

1. pig; swine; hog

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ/ἡ σῦς	τὼ σύε	οἱ/αἱ σύες
Genitive	τοῦ/τῆς συός	τοῖν συοῖν	τῶν συῶν
Dative	τῷ/τῇ συΐ	τοῖν συοῖν	τοῖς/ταῖς συσΐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν/τὴν σῦν	τὼ σύε	τοὺς/τὰς σῦς
Vocative	σῦ	σύε	σύες

Related terms

• ὕαινα

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 612