φιτρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Explained by Beekes as an instrument noun from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”) and cognate with Proto-Celtic *binati (“to hit”) and Latin perfines.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φιτρός • (phitrós) m (genitive φιτροῦ); second declension

  1. block of wood, log
  2. bole or trunk of a tree
  3. firebrand

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φιτρός; τοῦ φιτροῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φιτρός
ho phitrós 		τὼ φιτρώ
tṑ phitrṓ 		οἱ φιτροί
hoi phitroí
Genitive τοῦ φιτροῦ
toû phitroû 		τοῖν φιτροῖν
toîn phitroîn 		τῶν φιτρῶν
tôn phitrôn
Dative τῷ φιτρῷ
tōî phitrōî 		τοῖν φιτροῖν
toîn phitroîn 		τοῖς φιτροῖς
toîs phitroîs
Accusative τὸν φιτρόν
tòn phitrón 		τὼ φιτρώ
tṑ phitrṓ 		τοὺς φιτρούς
toùs phitroús
Vocative φιτρέ
phitré 		φιτρώ
phitrṓ 		φιτροί
phitroí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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