πυρσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/ → /pyrˈsos/ → /pirˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pirˈsos/

Noun

πῠρσός • (pursós) m (genitive πῠρσοῦ); second declension

1. firebrand, torch

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)

2. beacon, signal-fire

   Synonym: φρῠκτός (phruktós)

3. (in the plural) watchfires

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πῠρσός; τοῦ πῠρσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρσός ho pursós	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pursṓ	οἱ πῠρσοί hoi pursoí
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρσοῦ toû pursoû	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pursoîn	τῶν πῠρσῶν tôn pursôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρσῷ tôi pursôi	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pursoîn	τοῖς πῠρσοῖς toîs pursoîs
Accusative	τὸν πῠρσόν tòn pursón	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pursṓ	τοὺς πῠρσούς toùs pursoús
Vocative	πῠρσέ pursé	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσοί pursoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πυρσεία (purseía)
• πυρσευτήρ (purseutḗr)
• πυρσευτής (purseutḗs)
• πυρσεύω (purseúō)
• πυρσοβόλος (pursobólos)
• πυρσογενής (pursogenḗs)
• πυρσοδυνάστης (pursodunástēs)
• πυρσοέλικτος (pursoéliktos)
• πυρσοτόκος (pursotókos)
• πυρσοφόρος (pursophóros)
• πυρσώδης (pursṓdēs)
• πυρσωπός (pursōpós)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/ → /pyrˈsos/ → /pirˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pirˈsos/

Adjective

πῠρσός • (pursós) m (feminine πῠρσή, neuter πῠρσόν); first/second declension

1. Alternative form of πυρρός (purrhós)

Declension

First and second declension of πῠρσός; πῠρσή; πῠρσόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρσός pursós	πῠρσή pursḗ	πῠρσόν pursón		πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ		πῠρσοί pursoí	πῠρσαί pursaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Genitive		πῠρσοῦ pursoû	πῠρσῆς pursês	πῠρσοῦ pursoû		πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσαῖν pursaîn	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn		πῠρσῶν pursôn	πῠρσῶν pursôn	πῠρσῶν pursôn
Dative		πῠρσῷ pursôi	πῠρσῇ pursêi	πῠρσῷ pursôi		πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσαῖν pursaîn	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn		πῠρσοῖς pursoîs	πῠρσαῖς pursaîs	πῠρσοῖς pursoîs
Accusative		πῠρσόν pursón	πῠρσήν pursḗn	πῠρσόν pursón		πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ		πῠρσούς pursoús	πῠρσᾱ́ς pursā́s	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Vocative		πῠρσέ pursé	πῠρσή pursḗ	πῠρσόν pursón		πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ		πῠρσοί pursoí	πῠρσαί pursaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πῠρσῶς pursôs				πῠρσότερος pursóteros				πῠρσότᾰτος pursótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πυρσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πυρσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette