πυρήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡρός (pūrós, “grain of wheat”) +‎ -ήν (-ḗn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῡρήν • (pūrḗn) m (genitive πῡρῆνος); third declension

  1. (botany) kernel, pip, stone
  2. hard bone of fishes
  3. grain of frankincense
  4. round head of a probe
  5. name of a gem used as a votive offering
  6. growth under the chin of an animal

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῡρήν; τοῦ πῡρῆνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡρήν
ho pūrḗn 		τὼ πῡρῆνε
tṑ pūrêne 		οἱ πῡρῆνες
hoi pūrênes
Genitive τοῦ πῡρῆνος
toû pūrênos 		τοῖν πῡρήνοιν
toîn pūrḗnoin 		τῶν πῡρήνων
tôn pūrḗnōn
Dative τῷ πῡρῆνῐ
tōî pūrênĭ 		τοῖν πῡρήνοιν
toîn pūrḗnoin 		τοῖς πῡρῆσῐ / πῡρῆσῐν
toîs pūrêsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν πῡρῆνᾰ
tòn pūrênă 		τὼ πῡρῆνε
tṑ pūrêne 		τοὺς πῡρῆνᾰς
toùs pūrênăs
Vocative πῡρήν
pūrḗn 		πῡρῆνε
pūrêne 		πῡρῆνες
pūrênes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀπῡ́ρηνος (apū́rēnos)
  • πῡρηνᾰ́δες (pūrēnắdes)
  • πῡρηνῐ́δῐον (pūrēnĭ́dĭon)
  • πῡρήνῐον (pūrḗnĭon)
  • πῡρηνοειδής (pūrēnoeidḗs)
  • πῡρηνώδης (pūrēnṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: πυρήνας (pyrínas)
  • → English: pyrena

Further reading

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