πυρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῠρῑ́της • (pŭrī́tēs) m (genitive πῠρῑ́του); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
  2. name of other varieties of uncertain nature
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῠρῑ́της; τοῦ πῠρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῠρῑ́της
ho pŭrī́tēs 		τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pŭrī́tā 		οἱ πῠρῖται
hoi pŭrîtai
Genitive τοῦ πῠρῑ́του
toû pŭrī́tou 		τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν
toîn pŭrī́tain 		τῶν πῠρῑτῶν
tôn pŭrītôn
Dative τῷ πῠρῑ́τῃ
tōî pŭrī́tēi 		τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν
toîn pŭrī́tain 		τοῖς πῠρῑ́ταις
toîs pŭrī́tais
Accusative τὸν πῠρῑ́την
tòn pŭrī́tēn 		τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pŭrī́tā 		τοὺς πῠρῑ́τᾱς
toùs pŭrī́tās
Vocative πῠρῖτᾰ
pŭrîtă 		πῠρῑ́τᾱ
pŭrī́tā 		πῠρῖται
pŭrîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Latin: pyrītēs

Etymology 2

From πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῡρῑ́της • (pūrī́tēs) m (genitive πῡρῑ́του); first declension

  1. kind of wheaten loaf
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῡρῑ́της; τοῦ πῡρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡρῑ́της
ho pūrī́tēs 		τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pūrī́tā 		οἱ πῡρῖται
hoi pūrîtai
Genitive τοῦ πῡρῑ́του
toû pūrī́tou 		τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν
toîn pūrī́tain 		τῶν πῡρῑτῶν
tôn pūrītôn
Dative τῷ πῡρῑ́τῃ
tōî pūrī́tēi 		τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν
toîn pūrī́tain 		τοῖς πῡρῑ́ταις
toîs pūrī́tais
Accusative τὸν πῡρῑ́την
tòn pūrī́tēn 		τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pūrī́tā 		τοὺς πῡρῑ́τᾱς
toùs pūrī́tās
Vocative πῡρῖτᾰ
pūrîtă 		πῡρῑ́τᾱ
pūrī́tā 		πῡρῖται
pūrîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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