πίτυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like λέπυρον (lépuron), but without a certain explanation. It has been connected to Latin putus (“pure”), Sanskrit पूत (pūtá, “cleansed”) and Proto-Germanic *faujaną (“to sift”), but this is highly unlikely. Note the synonymous glosses πήτεα (pḗtea), πητῖται (pētîtai) which are connected with πῆν (pên). Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the suffix "-ῡρ-".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.tyː.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ty.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ti.ron/

Noun

πίτῡρον • (pítūron) n (genitive πῐτῡ́ρου); second declension

(in the plural) husks of corn, bran
(pathology) bran-like eruption on the skin, especially dandruff, scurf
bran-like sediment in urine

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐ́τῡρον; τοῦ πῐτῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐ́τῡρον tò pĭ́tūron	τὼ πῐτῡ́ρω tṑ pĭtū́rō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́τῡρᾰ tằ pĭ́tūră
Genitive	τοῦ πῐτῡ́ρου toû pĭtū́rou	τοῖν πῐτῡ́ροιν toîn pĭtū́roin	τῶν πῐτῡ́ρων tôn pĭtū́rōn
Dative	τῷ πῐτῡ́ρῳ tōî pĭtū́rōi	τοῖν πῐτῡ́ροιν toîn pĭtū́roin	τοῖς πῐτῡ́ροις toîs pĭtū́rois
Accusative	τὸ πῐ́τῡρον tò pĭ́tūron	τὼ πῐτῡ́ρω tṑ pĭtū́rō	τᾰ̀ πῐ́τῡρᾰ tằ pĭ́tūră
Vocative	πῐ́τῡρον pĭ́tūron	πῐτῡ́ρω pĭtū́rō	πῐ́τῡρᾰ pĭ́tūră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἄχυρον (ákhuron)

Derived terms

πιτυρίας (piturías)
πιτυρίασις (pituríasis)
πιτυρίζω (piturízō)
πιτυρίς (piturís)
πιτύρισμα (pitúrisma)
πιτυρίτης (piturítēs)
πιτυροειδής (pituroeidḗs)
πιτυρόομαι (pituróomai)
πιτυρώδης (piturṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: πίτουρο (pítouro)
⇒ Translingual: Pityrogramma