σῦς

See also: συσ-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὗς (hûs) — prose, poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *súHs (“swine”); doublet of ὗς (hûs). The reason for the survival of initial /s/ in this form is unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sŷːs/ → /ˈsys/ → /ˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sŷːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsis/

Noun

σῦς • (sûs) m or f (genitive σῠός); third declension

1. pig; swine; hog

Declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ σῦς; τοῦ / τῆς σῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ σῦς ho / hē sûs	τὼ σῠ́ε / σῦ tṑ sŭ́e / sû	οἱ / αἱ σῠ́ες / σῦς hoi / hai sŭ́es / sûs
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς σῠός toû / tês sŭós	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τῶν σῠῶν tôn sŭôn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ σῠῐ̈́ / συί tōî / tēî sŭĭ̈́ / suí	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τοῖς / ταῖς σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν toîs / taîs sŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν σῦν tòn / tḕn sûn	τὼ σῠ́ε / σῦ tṑ sŭ́e / sû	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς toùs / tā̀s sûs / sŭ́ăs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε / σῦ sŭ́e / sû	σῠ́ες / σῦς sŭ́es / sûs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of σῦς; σῠός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σῦς sûs	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Genitive	σῠός sŭós	σῠοῖῐ̈ν sŭoîĭ̈n	σῠῶν sŭôn
Dative	σῠῐ̈́ / συί sŭĭ̈́ / suí	σῠοῖῐ̈ν sŭoîĭ̈n	σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν / σῠσσῐ́ / σῠσσῐ́ν / σῠ́εσσῐ / σῠ́εσσῐν sŭsĭ́(n) / sŭssĭ́(n) / sŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	σῦν sûn	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ᾰς / σῦς sŭ́ăs / sûs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ σῦς; τοῦ / τῆς σῠός (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ σῦς ho / hē sûs	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	οἱ / αἱ σῠ́ες hoi / hai sŭ́es
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς σῠός toû / tês sŭós	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τῶν σῠῶν tôn sŭôn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ σῠῐ̈́ / συί tōî / tēî sŭĭ̈́ / suí	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν toîsĭ(n) sŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν σῦν tòn / tḕn sûn	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σῠ́ᾰς / σῦς toùs / tā̀s sŭ́ăs / sûs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• συάγρειος (suágreios)
• σύαγρος (súagros)
• σύαινα (súaina)
• συάκιν (suákin)
• σύαξ (súax)
• συβόσιον (subósion)
• συβότης (subótēs)
• συβώτης (subṓtēs)
• συβωτικός (subōtikós)
• συβώτρια (subṓtria)
• σύειος (súeios)
• συηβόλος (suēbólos)
• συῆλαι (suêlai)
• σύϊνος (súïnos)
• συοβαύβαλος (suobaúbalos)
• συόομαι (suóomai)
• συοφόρβιον (suophórbion)
• συοφορβός (suophorbós)
• συφεός (supheós)
• συφορβός (suphorbós)
• συώδης (suṓdēs)

Related terms

• ὕαινᾰ (húaină)
• ὗς (hûs)

Further reading

• “σῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σῦς in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• σῦς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “σῦς”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “σῦς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 612
• σῦς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011