πυρήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡρός (pūrós, “grain of wheat”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῡρήν • (pūrḗn) m (genitive πῡρῆνος); third declension

  1. (botany) kernel, pip, stone
  2. hard bone of fishes
  3. grain of frankincense
  4. round head of a probe
  5. name of a gem used as a votive offering
  6. growth under the chin of an animal

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ πῡρήν; τοῦ πῡρῆνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡρήν
ho pūrḗn		 τὼ πῡρῆνε
tṑ pūrêne		 οἱ πῡρῆνες
hoi pūrênes
Genitive τοῦ πῡρῆνος
toû pūrênos		 τοῖν πῡρήνοιν
toîn pūrḗnoin		 τῶν πῡρήνων
tôn pūrḗnōn
Dative τῷ πῡρῆνῐ
tôi pūrêni		 τοῖν πῡρήνοιν
toîn pūrḗnoin		 τοῖς πῡρῆσῐ / πῡρῆσῐν
toîs pūrêsi(n)
Accusative τὸν πῡρῆνᾰ
tòn pūrêna		 τὼ πῡρῆνε
tṑ pūrêne		 τοὺς πῡρῆνᾰς
toùs pūrênas
Vocative πῡρήν
pūrḗn		 πῡρῆνε
pūrêne		 πῡρῆνες
pūrênes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀπῡ́ρηνος (apū́rēnos)
  • πῡρηνοειδής (pūrēnoeidḗs)
  • πῡρηνώδης (pūrēnṓdēs)
  • πῡρηνᾰ́δες (pūrēnádes)
  • πῡρηνῐ́δῐον (pūrēnídion)
  • πῡρήνῐον (pūrḗnion)

Descendants
  • Greek: πυρήνας (pyrínas)
  • → English: pyrena

Further reading
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