ἐμπύριος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔμπυρα (émpura, “burnt sacrifices”) (from ἐμ- (em-, “in”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”)) + -ιος (-ios, relational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.pý.ri.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /emˈpy.ri.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /emˈpy.ri.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /emˈpy.ri.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /emˈbi.ri.os/
Adjective
ἐμπύρῐος • (empúrĭos) m or f (neuter ἐμπύρῐον); second declension
- (relational) pertaining to burnt sacrifices, heavenly
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐμπῠ́ρῐος empŭ́rĭos |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐον empŭ́rĭon |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐοι empŭ́rĭoi |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐᾰ empŭ́rĭă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐμπῠρῐ́ου empŭrĭ́ou |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ου empŭrĭ́ou |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οιν empŭrĭ́oin |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οιν empŭrĭ́oin |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ων empŭrĭ́ōn |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ων empŭrĭ́ōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐμπῠρῐ́ῳ empŭrĭ́ōi |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ῳ empŭrĭ́ōi |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οιν empŭrĭ́oin |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οιν empŭrĭ́oin |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οις empŭrĭ́ois |
ἐμπῠρῐ́οις empŭrĭ́ois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐμπῠ́ρῐον empŭ́rĭon |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐον empŭ́rĭon |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ους empŭrĭ́ous |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐᾰ empŭ́rĭă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐμπῠ́ρῐε empŭ́rĭe |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐον empŭ́rĭon |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠρῐ́ω empŭrĭ́ō |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐοι empŭ́rĭoi |
ἐμπῠ́ρῐᾰ empŭ́rĭă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐμπῠρῐ́ως empŭrĭ́ōs |
ἐμπῠρῐώτερος empŭrĭṓteros |
ἐμπῠρῐώτᾰτος empŭrĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: empyrius
- → Russian: эмпире́й (empiréj)
Further reading
- ἐμπύριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμπύριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἐμπύριος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐμπύριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “ἐμπύριος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn