γυρῖνος

See also: γυρίνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γυρός (gurós, “round”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.rîː.nos/ → /ʝyˈri.nos/ → /ʝiˈri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡy.rîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡyˈri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝyˈri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝyˈri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiˈri.nos/

Noun

γῠρῖνος • (gurînos) m (genitive γῠρῑ́νου); second declension

1. tadpole

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γῠρῖνος; τοῦ γῠρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῠρῖνος ho gurînos	τὼ γῠρῑ́νω tṑ gurī́nō	οἱ γῠρῖνοι hoi gurînoi
Genitive	τοῦ γῠρῑ́νου toû gurī́nou	τοῖν γῠρῑ́νοιν toîn gurī́noin	τῶν γῠρῑ́νων tôn gurī́nōn
Dative	τῷ γῠρῑ́νῳ tôi gurī́nōi	τοῖν γῠρῑ́νοιν toîn gurī́noin	τοῖς γῠρῑ́νοις toîs gurī́nois
Accusative	τὸν γῠρῖνον tòn gurînon	τὼ γῠρῑ́νω tṑ gurī́nō	τοὺς γῠρῑ́νους toùs gurī́nous
Vocative	γῠρῖνε gurîne	γῠρῑ́νω gurī́nō	γῠρῖνοι gurînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γυρίνος (gyrínos)
• → Italian: girino
• → Portuguese: girino
• → Spanish: girino

Further reading

• “γυρῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γυρῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γυρῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γυρῖνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)