γωρυτός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γορυτός (gorutós)
• χωρυτός (khōrutós)

Etymology

According to Benveniste, a loanword from a Scythian compound that contains the word for 'cow' (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš) as a first member. The interpretation of the second member is unclear, however we can hardly identify it with Persian روده (rude, “intestine”) and interpret the whole compund as 'cow-hide'. Alternatively, Lubotsky suggests that the word may derive from a Proto-Iranian source similar to Sanskrit वरूतृ (varūtṛ, “one who wards off or protects”), thus explaining the long "ῡ".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.ryː.tós/ → /ɣo.ryˈtos/ → /ɣo.riˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.ryː.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ryˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣo.ryˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣo.ryˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣo.riˈtos/

Noun

γωρῡτός • (gōrūtós) m (genitive γωρῡτοῦ); second declension

1. quiver

   Synonyms: ὀϊστοθήκη (oïstothḗkē), φαρέτρα (pharétra)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γωρῡτός; τοῦ γωρῡτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γωρῡτός ho gōrūtós	τὼ γωρῡτώ tṑ gōrūtṓ	οἱ γωρῡτοί hoi gōrūtoí
Genitive	τοῦ γωρῡτοῦ toû gōrūtoû	τοῖν γωρῡτοῖν toîn gōrūtoîn	τῶν γωρῡτῶν tôn gōrūtôn
Dative	τῷ γωρῡτῷ tôi gōrūtôi	τοῖν γωρῡτοῖν toîn gōrūtoîn	τοῖς γωρῡτοῖς toîs gōrūtoîs
Accusative	τὸν γωρῡτόν tòn gōrūtón	τὼ γωρῡτώ tṑ gōrūtṓ	τοὺς γωρῡτούς toùs gōrūtoús
Vocative	γωρῡτέ gōrūté	γωρῡτώ gōrūtṓ	γωρῡτοί gōrūtoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: gōrȳton
  • → Spanish: goldre

References

• “γωρυτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γωρυτός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γωρυτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γωρυτός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN