σῦς

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *súHs (“swine”); doublet of ὗς (hûs). The reason for the survival of initial /s/ in this form is unknown.^[1]

σῦς • (sûs) m or f (genitive σῠός); third declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ σῦς; τοῦ, τῆς σῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ σῦς ho, hē sûs	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	οἱ, αἱ σῠ́ες hoi, hai sŭ́es
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς σῠός toû, tês sŭós	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τῶν σῠῶν tôn sŭôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ σῠῐ̈́ tōî, tēî sŭĭ̈́	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς σῡσῐ́ / σῡσῐ́ν / σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν toîs, taîs sūsĭ́(n) / sŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν σῦν tòn, tḕn sûn	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς toùs, tā̀s sûs / sŭ́ăs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of σῦς; σῠός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σῦς sûs	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Genitive	σῠός sŭós	σῠ́οιν / σῠ́οιῐν sŭ́oi(ĭ)n	σῠῶν sŭôn
Dative	σῠῐ̈́ sŭĭ̈́	σῠ́οιν / σῠ́οιῐν sŭ́oi(ĭ)n	σῠ́εσσῐ / σῠ́εσσῐν sŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	σῦν sûn	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς sûs / sŭ́ăs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῦς, συός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1425