σαυρίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sau̯.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sawˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈβri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈvri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈvri.tis/
Noun
σαυρῑ́της • (saurī́tēs) m (genitive σαυρῑ́του); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σαυρῑ́της ho saurī́tēs |
τὼ σαυρῑ́τᾱ tṑ saurī́tā |
οἱ σαυρῖται hoi saurîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σαυρῑ́του toû saurī́tou |
τοῖν σαυρῑ́ταιν toîn saurī́tain |
τῶν σαυρῑτῶν tôn saurītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σαυρῑ́τῃ tōî saurī́tēi |
τοῖν σαυρῑ́ταιν toîn saurī́tain |
τοῖς σαυρῑ́ταις toîs saurī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σαυρῑ́την tòn saurī́tēn |
τὼ σαυρῑ́τᾱ tṑ saurī́tā |
τοὺς σαυρῑ́τᾱς toùs saurī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σαυρῖτᾰ saurîtă |
σαυρῑ́τᾱ saurī́tā |
σαυρῖται saurîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: saurītēs
Further reading
- “σαυρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press