τίτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares διθύραμβος (dithúrambos, “dithyramb”), which would contain a variant ot this word, with a suffix -αμβος. Previous proposals include connection with synonymous σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) by Solmsen. This is rejected by Nehring, who considers both words to be loans from Asia Minor. Deroy connects the suffix -τυρος with ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”). According to Beekes, the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tǐː.ty.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ti.ros/

Noun

τῑ́τῠρος • (tī́tŭros) m (genitive τῑτῠ́ρου); second declension (Doric)

satyr
Synonym: σᾰ́τῠρος (sắtŭros)
common shepherd's name
short-tailed ape
(in Laconia) bellwether
reed or pipe

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τῑ́τῠρος; τοῦ τῑτῠ́ροιο (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῑ́τῠρος ho tī́tŭros	τὼ τῑτῠ́ρω tṑ tītŭ́rō	τοὶ τῑ́τῠροι toì tī́tŭroi
Genitive	τοῦ τῑτῠ́ροιο toû tītŭ́roio	τοῖν τῑτῠ́ροιν toîn tītŭ́roin	τῶν τῑτῠ́ρων tôn tītŭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ τῑτῠ́ρῳ tōî tītŭ́rōi	τοῖν τῑτῠ́ροιν toîn tītŭ́roin	τοῖς τῑτῠ́ροις toîs tītŭ́rois
Accusative	τὸν τῑ́τῠρον tòn tī́tŭron	τὼ τῑτῠ́ρω tṑ tītŭ́rō	τοὺς τῑτῠ́ρους toùs tītŭ́rous
Vocative	τῑ́τῠρε tī́tŭre	τῑτῠ́ρω tītŭ́rō	τῑ́τῠροι tī́tŭroi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

τῑτύρινος (tītúrinos)
τῑτυρίς (tīturís)
τῑτυριστής (tīturistḗs)

References

“Τίτυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
τίτυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN