σορός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to enclose”). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *tvȏrъ (“creature”) and Proto-Slavic *tvoriti (“to make”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /so.rós/ → /soˈros/ → /soˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /so.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈros/

Noun

σορός • (sorós) f (genitive σοροῦ); second declension

1. a vessel for holding human remains, specifically:
   1. urn for cremated remains
   2. coffin
2. a nickname for an old man or woman

Declension

Second declension of ἡ σορός; τῆς σοροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σορός hē sorós	τὼ σορώ tṑ sorṓ	αἱ σοροί hai soroí
Genitive	τῆς σοροῦ tês soroû	τοῖν σοροῖν toîn soroîn	τῶν σορῶν tôn sorôn
Dative	τῇ σορῷ têi sorôi	τοῖν σοροῖν toîn soroîn	ταῖς σοροῖς taîs soroîs
Accusative	τὴν σορόν tḕn sorón	τὼ σορώ tṑ sorṓ	τᾱ̀ς σορούς tā̀s soroús
Vocative	σορέ soré	σορώ sorṓ	σοροί soroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σορός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σορός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4673 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coffin idem, page 141.

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: σο‧ρός (feminine)
• Homophone: σωρός (sorós) (masculine)

Noun

σορός • (sorós) f (plural σοροί)

1. corpse, cadaver, dead body
2. coffin

Declension

Declension of σορός

	singular	plural
nominative	σορός •	σοροί •
genitive	σορού •	σορών •
accusative	σορό •	σορούς •
vocative	σορέ •,  σορό •	σοροί •

Synonyms

• (dead man): νεκρός m (nekrós)
• (corpse, carcass): πτώμα n (ptóma)
• (carcass): κουφάρι n (koufári)
• (carcass): ψοφίμι n (psofími)