ἐμπυρισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπυρίζω (empurízō, “to burn”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.py.riz.mós/ → /em.py.rizˈmos/ → /em.bi.rizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.py.riz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.bi.rizˈmos/

Noun

ἐμπῠρῐσμός • (empurismós) m (genitive ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. fire, especially deliberate
2. burning of weeds
3. ergot, kind of parasitic fungus
4. incensation, burning of perfumes

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐμπῠρῐσμός; τοῦ ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐμπῠρῐσμός ho empurismós	τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empurismṓ	οἱ ἐμπῠρῐσμοί hoi empurismoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ toû empurismoû	τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empurismoîn	τῶν ἐμπῠρῐσμῶν tôn empurismôn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπῠρῐσμῷ tôi empurismôi	τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empurismoîn	τοῖς ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖς toîs empurismoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐμπῠρῐσμόν tòn empurismón	τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empurismṓ	τοὺς ἐμπῠρῐσμούς toùs empurismoús
Vocative	ἐμπῠρῐσμέ empurismé	ἐμπῠρῐσμώ empurismṓ	ἐμπῠρῐσμοί empurismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐμπυρισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμπυρισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμπυρισμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)