πυραλίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πῠρᾰλλίς (pŭrăllís), πῠρρᾰλίς (pŭrrhălís)

Etymology

Diminutive formation in "-α(λ)λίς", probably from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) after the reddish color. However, according to Niedermann, it derives from πυρός (purós, “wheat”) after its nutrition.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.ra.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.raˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.raˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.raˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈlis/

Noun

πῠρᾰλῐ́ς • (pŭrălĭ́s) f (genitive πῠρᾰλῐ́δος); third declension

unknown bird, perhaps a kind of pigeon
insect said to live in fire
red kind of olive

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῠρᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς πῠρᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠρᾰλῐ́ς hē pŭrălĭ́s	τὼ πῠρᾰλῐ́δε tṑ pŭrălĭ́de	αἱ πῠρᾰλῐ́δες hai pŭrălĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς πῠρᾰλῐ́δος tês pŭrălĭ́dos	τοῖν πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn pŭrălĭ́doin	τῶν πῠρᾰλῐ́δων tôn pŭrălĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ πῠρᾰλῐ́δῐ tēî pŭrălĭ́dĭ	τοῖν πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν toîn pŭrălĭ́doin	ταῖς πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐ / πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐν taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰ tḕn pŭrălĭ́dă	τὼ πῠρᾰλῐ́δε tṑ pŭrălĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pŭrălĭ́dăs
Vocative	πῠρᾰλῐ́ς pŭrălĭ́s	πῠρᾰλῐ́δε pŭrălĭ́de	πῠρᾰλῐ́δες pŭrălĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

→ Latin: pyralis
→ Translingual: Pyralis