σίλουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) and an unclear first element, connected by Solmsen to σίλλος (síllos, “squint-eyed”) and Σειληνός (Seilēnós, “Silenus”). However, the word is rather formed with the Pre-Greek suffix "-ουρος".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sí.luː.ros/ → /ˈsi.lu.ros/ → /ˈsi.lu.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sí.luː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lu.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lu.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lu.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lu.ros/

Noun

σίλουρος • (sílouros) m (genitive σιλούρου); second declension

1. wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σίλουρος; τοῦ σιλούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σίλουρος ho sílouros	τὼ σιλούρω tṑ siloúrō	οἱ σίλουροι hoi sílouroi
Genitive	τοῦ σιλούρου toû siloúrou	τοῖν σιλούροιν toîn siloúroin	τῶν σιλούρων tôn siloúrōn
Dative	τῷ σιλούρῳ tôi siloúrōi	τοῖν σιλούροιν toîn siloúroin	τοῖς σιλούροις toîs siloúrois
Accusative	τὸν σίλουρον tòn sílouron	τὼ σιλούρω tṑ siloúrō	τοὺς σιλούρους toùs siloúrous
Vocative	σίλουρε síloure	σιλούρω siloúrō	σίλουροι sílouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιλουρισμός (silourismós)

Descendants

• → Latin: silurus
  • → Italian: siluro
  • → Translingual: Silurus

Further reading

• “σίλουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σίλουρος 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