βύρσινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βύρσα (búrsa, “skin stripped off”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /býr.si.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbyr.si.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβyr.si.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvyr.si.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvir.si.nos/
Adjective
βύρσῐνος • (búrsĭnos) m (feminine βυρσίνη, neuter βύρσῐνον); first/second declension
- made of leather
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βύρσῐνος búrsĭnos |
βυρσῐ́νη bursĭ́nē |
βύρσῐνον búrsĭnon |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursĭ́nā |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βύρσῐνοι búrsĭnoi |
βύρσῐναι búrsĭnai |
βύρσῐνᾰ búrsĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | βυρσῐ́νου bursĭ́nou |
βυρσῐ́νης bursĭ́nēs |
βυρσῐ́νου bursĭ́nou |
βυρσῐ́νοιν bursĭ́noin |
βυρσῐ́ναιν bursĭ́nain |
βυρσῐ́νοιν bursĭ́noin |
βυρσῐ́νων bursĭ́nōn |
βυρσῐ́νων bursĭ́nōn |
βυρσῐ́νων bursĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | βυρσῐ́νῳ bursĭ́nōi |
βυρσῐ́νῃ bursĭ́nēi |
βυρσῐ́νῳ bursĭ́nōi |
βυρσῐ́νοιν bursĭ́noin |
βυρσῐ́ναιν bursĭ́nain |
βυρσῐ́νοιν bursĭ́noin |
βυρσῐ́νοις bursĭ́nois |
βυρσῐ́ναις bursĭ́nais |
βυρσῐ́νοις bursĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | βύρσῐνον búrsĭnon |
βυρσῐ́νην bursĭ́nēn |
βύρσῐνον búrsĭnon |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursĭ́nā |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βυρσῐ́νους bursĭ́nous |
βυρσῐ́νᾱς bursĭ́nās |
βύρσῐνᾰ búrsĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | βύρσῐνε búrsĭne |
βυρσῐ́νη bursĭ́nē |
βύρσῐνον búrsĭnon |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βυρσῐ́νᾱ bursĭ́nā |
βυρσῐ́νω bursĭ́nō |
βύρσῐνοι búrsĭnoi |
βύρσῐναι búrsĭnai |
βύρσῐνᾰ búrsĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βυρσῐ́νως bursĭ́nōs |
βυρσῐνώτερος bursĭnṓteros |
βυρσῐνώτᾰτος bursĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βύρσινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βύρσινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βύρσινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)