πυρρίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρρός (pŭrrhós, “red, fiery”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥í.aːs/ → /pyrˈri.as/ → /piˈri.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥í.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈri.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.as/

Noun

πῠρρῐ́ᾱς • (pŭrrhĭ́ās) m (genitive πῠρρῐ́ου); first declension

1. kind of red-colored serpent
2. nickname given to red-haired slaves from Thrace

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πῠρρῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ πῠρρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρρῐ́ᾱς ho pŭrrĭ́ās	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrrĭ́ā	οἱ πῠρρῐ́αι hoi pŭrrĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρρῐ́ου toû pŭrrĭ́ou	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrrĭ́ain	τῶν πῠρρῐῶν tôn pŭrrĭôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρρῐ́ᾳ tōî pŭrrĭ́āi	τοῖν πῠρρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrrĭ́ain	τοῖς πῠρρῐ́αις toîs pŭrrĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν πῠρρῐ́ᾱν tòn pŭrrĭ́ān	τὼ πῠρρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrrĭ́ā	τοὺς πῠρρῐ́ᾱς toùs pŭrrĭ́ās
Vocative	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ pŭrrĭ́ā	πῠρρῐ́ᾱ pŭrrĭ́ā	πῠρρῐ́αι pŭrrĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυρρίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρρίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette