σορός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tworHos (“seizer, encloser”), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to enclose”). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *tvȏrъ (“creature”) and Proto-Slavic *tvoriti (“to make”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈros/
Noun
σορός • (sorós) f (genitive σοροῦ); second declension
- a vessel for holding human remains, specifically:
- a nickname for an old man or woman
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σορός hē sorós |
τὼ σορώ tṑ sorṓ |
αἱ σοροί hai soroí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σοροῦ tês soroû |
τοῖν σοροῖν toîn soroîn |
τῶν σορῶν tôn sorôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σορῷ tēî sorōî |
τοῖν σοροῖν toîn soroîn |
ταῖς σοροῖς taîs soroîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σορόν tḕn sorón |
τὼ σορώ tṑ sorṓ |
τᾱ̀ς σορούς tā̀s soroús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σορέ soré |
σορώ sorṓ |
σοροί soroí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: σορός (sorós)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σορός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1373
Further reading
- “σορός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σορός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σορός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4673 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- coffin idem, page 141.
- σορός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σορός (sorós), from Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, from *twerH- (“to enclose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈɾos/
- Hyphenation: σο‧ρός (feminine)
- Homophone: σωρός (sorós) (masculine)
Noun
σορός • (sorós) f (plural σοροί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σορός (sorós) | σοροί (soroí) |
| genitive | σορού (soroú) | σορών (sorón) |
| accusative | σορό (soró) | σορούς (soroús) |
| vocative | σορέ (soré) σορό (soró) |
σοροί (soroí) |