πυρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /pyˈri.tis/ → /piˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.tis/

Noun

πῠρῑ́της • (purī́tēs) m (genitive πῠρῑ́του); first declension

1. (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
2. name of other varieties of uncertain nature

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῠρῑ́της; τοῦ πῠρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρῑ́της ho purī́tēs	τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā	οἱ πῠρῖται hoi purîtai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρῑ́του toû purī́tou	τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain	τῶν πῠρῑτῶν tôn purītôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρῑ́τῃ tôi purī́tēi	τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν toîn purī́tain	τοῖς πῠρῑ́ταις toîs purī́tais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρῑ́την tòn purī́tēn	τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ tṑ purī́tā	τοὺς πῠρῑ́τᾱς toùs purī́tās
Vocative	πῠρῖτᾰ purîta	πῠρῑ́τᾱ purī́tā	πῠρῖται purîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pyrītēs
  • → English: pyrite
  • → Italian: pirite

Etymology 2

From πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /pyˈri.tis/ → /piˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.tis/

Noun

πῡρῑ́της • (pūrī́tēs) m (genitive πῡρῑ́του); first declension

1. kind of wheaten loaf

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῡρῑ́της; τοῦ πῡρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῡρῑ́της ho pūrī́tēs	τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā	οἱ πῡρῖται hoi pūrîtai
Genitive	τοῦ πῡρῑ́του toû pūrī́tou	τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain	τῶν πῡρῑτῶν tôn pūrītôn
Dative	τῷ πῡρῑ́τῃ tôi pūrī́tēi	τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν toîn pūrī́tain	τοῖς πῡρῑ́ταις toîs pūrī́tais
Accusative	τὸν πῡρῑ́την tòn pūrī́tēn	τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ tṑ pūrī́tā	τοὺς πῡρῑ́τᾱς toùs pūrī́tās
Vocative	πῡρῖτᾰ pūrîta	πῡρῑ́τᾱ pūrī́tā	πῡρῖται pūrîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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