σῦρ

See also: συρ-

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Only attested in a grammatical work by Theognostus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sir/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syr/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sir/

Noun

σῦρ • (sûr) n (genitive σῠρός); third declension

1. (hapax) load, burden, freight

   Synonym: φορτίον (phortíon)

   • 800 CE – 900 CE, Theognostus the Grammarian, Canons or On Orthography 133:

     Εἰς υρ μονοσύλλαβα δύο ἐστίν· σῦρ τὸ φόρτιον, καὶ πῦρ τὸ στοιχεῖον· ἀμφότερα δὲ κλίνεται διὰ τοῦ ρος.

     Eis ur monosúllaba dúo estín; sûr tò phórtion, kaì pûr tò stoikheîon; amphótera dè klínetai dià toû ros.

     There are two monosyllabic words in -υρ: "σῦρ" ('burden'), and "πῦρ" ('the element [i.e. fire]'); both of them decline in -ρος.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῦρ; τοῦ σῠρός (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῦρ tò sûr	τᾰ̀ σῠ́ρᾰ tà súra
Genitive	τοῦ σῠρός toû surós	τῶν σῠρῶν tôn surôn
Dative	τῷ σῠρῐ́ tôi surí	τοῖς σῠρσῐ́ / σῠρσῐ́ν toîs sursí(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῦρ tò sûr	τᾰ̀ σῠ́ρᾰ tà súra
Vocative	σῦρ sûr	σῠ́ρᾰ súra

Further reading

• “σῦρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σῦρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011