Πύρρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, yellowish-red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πῠ́ρρος • (Púrrhos) m (genitive Πῠ́ρρου); second declension

  1. Pyrrhus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Πῠ́ρρος; τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πῠ́ρρος
ho Púrrhos
Genitive τοῦ Πῠ́ρρου
toû Púrrhou
Dative τῷ Πῠ́ρρῳ
tôi Púrrhōi
Accusative τὸν Πῠ́ρρον
tòn Púrrhon
Vocative Πῠ́ρρε
Púrrhe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • French: Pyrrhus
  • Greek: Πύρρος (Pýrros)
  • Hungarian: Pürrosz, pürroszi (in the literal sense) and pirruszi (in the metaphorical sense)
  • Italian: Pirro
  • Latin: Pyrrhus
  • Polish: Pyrrus
  • Portuguese: Pirro
  • Spanish: Pirro

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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