αἴλουρος

See also: αίλουρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pre-Greek. Longstanding tradition holds it to derive from αἰόλος (aiólos, “fast moving, nimble”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”); while it has the feel of folk etymology, it may nonetheless be the case. Has also been compared to Latin viverra (“ferret”), feles (“cat”), and Lithuanian vaiveris (“polecat”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αἴλουρος • (aílouros) m or f (genitive αἰλούρου); second declension

  1. cat; domestic cat, tom (male), queen (female)
  2. weasel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ αἴλουρος; τοῦ, τῆς αἰλούρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ αἴλουρος
ho, hē aílouros 		τὼ αἰλούρω
tṑ ailoúrō 		οἱ, αἱ αἴλουροι
hoi, hai aílouroi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς αἰλούρου
toû, tês ailoúrou 		τοῖν αἰλούροιν
toîn ailoúroin 		τῶν αἰλούρων
tôn ailoúrōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ αἰλούρῳ
tōî, tēî ailoúrōi 		τοῖν αἰλούροιν
toîn ailoúroin 		τοῖς, ταῖς αἰλούροις
toîs, taîs ailoúrois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν αἴλουρον
tòn, tḕn aílouron 		τὼ αἰλούρω
tṑ ailoúrō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς αἰλούρους
toùs, tā̀s ailoúrous
Vocative αἴλουρε
aíloure 		αἰλούρω
ailoúrō 		αἴλουροι
aílouroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: αίλουρος (aílouros)
  • → Translingual: Ailurus
  • → Latin: aelurus

References

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