τορός

See also: τόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *torós, from *ter- (“to rub, turn; to drill, pierce”). Compare τετραίνω (tetraínō, “to bore”), Latin terō (“I rub”) and Old Armenian թուր (tʻur, “sword”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.rós/ → /toˈros/ → /toˈros/

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

Adjective

τορός • (torós) m (feminine τορᾱ́, neuter τορόν); first/second declension

1. (of the voice) piercing, thrilling, shrill
2. (of the ear) acute, fine
3. (of the eye) piercing, penetrating
4. (figuratively) clear, plain, distinct
5. (of persons) sharp, ready, smart

Inflection

First and second declension of τορός; τορᾱ́; τορόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τορός torós	τορᾱ́ torā́	τορόν torón		τορώ torṓ	τορᾱ́ torā́	τορώ torṓ		τοροί toroí	τοραί toraí	τορᾰ́ torá
Genitive		τοροῦ toroû	τορᾶς torâs	τοροῦ toroû		τοροῖν toroîn	τοραῖν toraîn	τοροῖν toroîn		τορῶν torôn	τορῶν torôn	τορῶν torôn
Dative		τορῷ torôi	τορᾷ torâi	τορῷ torôi		τοροῖν toroîn	τοραῖν toraîn	τοροῖν toroîn		τοροῖς toroîs	τοραῖς toraîs	τοροῖς toroîs
Accusative		τορόν torón	τορᾱ́ν torā́n	τορόν torón		τορώ torṓ	τορᾱ́ torā́	τορώ torṓ		τορούς toroús	τορᾱ́ς torā́s	τορᾰ́ torá
Vocative		τορέ toré	τορᾱ́ torā́	τορόν torón		τορώ torṓ	τορᾱ́ torā́	τορώ torṓ		τοροί toroí	τοραί toraí	τορᾰ́ torá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τορῶς torôs				τορώτερος torṓteros				τορώτᾰτος torṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥινοτόρος (rhinotóros)

Further reading

• “τορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τορός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN