κίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew כִּיּוֹר (kiyyōr, “pot, basin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.uː.ros/ → /ˈci.u.ros/ → /ˈci.u.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.uː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.u.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.u.ros/

Noun

κῐ́ουρος • (kíouros) m (genitive κῐούρου); second declension

1. basket for corn

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῐ́ουρος; τοῦ κῐούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐ́ουρος ho kíouros	τὼ κῐούρω tṑ kioúrō	οἱ κῐ́ουροι hoi kíouroi
Genitive	τοῦ κῐούρου toû kioúrou	τοῖν κῐούροιν toîn kioúroin	τῶν κῐούρων tôn kioúrōn
Dative	τῷ κῐούρῳ tôi kioúrōi	τοῖν κῐούροιν toîn kioúroin	τοῖς κῐούροις toîs kioúrois
Accusative	τὸν κῐ́ουρον tòn kíouron	τὼ κῐούρω tṑ kioúrō	τοὺς κῐούρους toùs kioúrous
Vocative	κῐ́ουρε kíoure	κῐούρω kioúrō	κῐ́ουροι kíouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κίουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press