βούτυρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούτῡρος m (boútūros)

Etymology

βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ τυρός (turós, “cheese”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.tyː.ron/ → /ˈβu.ty.ron/ → /ˈvu.ti.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.tyː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ty.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.ty.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ty.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ti.ron/

Noun

βούτῡρον • (boútūron) n (genitive βουτῡ́ρου); second declension

1. butter

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βούτῡρον; τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούτῡρον tò boútūron	τὼ βουτῡ́ρω tṑ boutū́rō	τᾰ̀ βούτῡρᾰ tà boútūra
Genitive	τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου toû boutū́rou	τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν toîn boutū́roin	τῶν βουτῡ́ρων tôn boutū́rōn
Dative	τῷ βουτῡ́ρῳ tôi boutū́rōi	τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν toîn boutū́roin	τοῖς βουτῡ́ροις toîs boutū́rois
Accusative	τὸ βούτῡρον tò boútūron	τὼ βουτῡ́ρω tṑ boutū́rō	τᾰ̀ βούτῡρᾰ tà boútūra
Vocative	βούτῡρον boútūron	βουτῡ́ρω boutū́rō	βούτῡρᾰ boútūra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βουτῡ́ρινος (boutū́rinos)

Descendants

• Greek: βούτυρο (voútyro)
• → Latin: būtȳrum (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “βούτυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούτυρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούτυρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)