πυρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῠρῑ́της • (purī́tēs) m (genitive πῠρῑ́του); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) copper pyrites, a mineral which strikes fire
  2. name of other varieties of uncertain nature
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῠρῑ́της; τοῦ πῠρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῠρῑ́της
ho purī́tēs		 τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ purī́tā		 οἱ πῠρῖται
hoi purîtai
Genitive τοῦ πῠρῑ́του
toû purī́tou		 τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν
toîn purī́tain		 τῶν πῠρῑτῶν
tôn purītôn
Dative τῷ πῠρῑ́τῃ
tôi purī́tēi		 τοῖν πῠρῑ́ταιν
toîn purī́tain		 τοῖς πῠρῑ́ταις
toîs purī́tais
Accusative τὸν πῠρῑ́την
tòn purī́tēn		 τὼ πῠρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ purī́tā		 τοὺς πῠρῑ́τᾱς
toùs purī́tās
Vocative πῠρῖτᾰ
purîta		 πῠρῑ́τᾱ
purī́tā		 πῠρῖται
purîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Latin: pyrītēs

Etymology 2

From πῡρός (pūrós, “wheat”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῡρῑ́της • (pūrī́tēs) m (genitive πῡρῑ́του); first declension

  1. kind of wheaten loaf
Inflection
First declension of ὁ πῡρῑ́της; τοῦ πῡρῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡρῑ́της
ho pūrī́tēs		 τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pūrī́tā		 οἱ πῡρῖται
hoi pūrîtai
Genitive τοῦ πῡρῑ́του
toû pūrī́tou		 τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν
toîn pūrī́tain		 τῶν πῡρῑτῶν
tôn pūrītôn
Dative τῷ πῡρῑ́τῃ
tôi pūrī́tēi		 τοῖν πῡρῑ́ταιν
toîn pūrī́tain		 τοῖς πῡρῑ́ταις
toîs pūrī́tais
Accusative τὸν πῡρῑ́την
tòn pūrī́tēn		 τὼ πῡρῑ́τᾱ
tṑ pūrī́tā		 τοὺς πῡρῑ́τᾱς
toùs pūrī́tās
Vocative πῡρῖτᾰ
pūrîta		 πῡρῑ́τᾱ
pūrī́tā		 πῡρῖται
pūrîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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