ἐμπυρισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐμπυρίζω (empurízō, “to burn”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.py.riz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /em.py.rizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /em.bi.rizˈmos/
Noun
ἐμπῠρῐσμός • (empŭrĭsmós) m (genitive ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ); second declension
- fire, especially deliberate
- burning of weeds
- ergot, kind of parasitic fungus
- incensation, burning of perfumes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐμπῠρῐσμός ho empŭrĭsmós |
τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empŭrĭsmṓ |
οἱ ἐμπῠρῐσμοί hoi empŭrĭsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐμπῠρῐσμοῦ toû empŭrĭsmoû |
τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empŭrĭsmoîn |
τῶν ἐμπῠρῐσμῶν tôn empŭrĭsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐμπῠρῐσμῷ tōî empŭrĭsmōî |
τοῖν ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖν toîn empŭrĭsmoîn |
τοῖς ἐμπῠρῐσμοῖς toîs empŭrĭsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐμπῠρῐσμόν tòn empŭrĭsmón |
τὼ ἐμπῠρῐσμώ tṑ empŭrĭsmṓ |
τοὺς ἐμπῠρῐσμούς toùs empŭrĭsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐμπῠρῐσμέ empŭrĭsmé |
ἐμπῠρῐσμώ empŭrĭsmṓ |
ἐμπῠρῐσμοί empŭrĭsmoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐμπυρισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐμπυρισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμπυρισμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)