πίτυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes is hesitant to espouse any derivation (even the usual Pre-Greek) and leaves the origin open.[1] Traditionally taken as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *peyH-, which is also the source of Latin pīnus (pine) and Sanskrit पीतुदारु (pītudāru, kind of tree). Compare also Albanian pishë.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πίτῠς • (pítus) f (genitive πίτῠος); third declension

  1. pine

Inflection

Derived terms

  • πιτύδιον (pitúdion)
  • πιτύινος (pitúinos)
  • πιτυΐς (pituḯs)
  • πιτυόεις (pituóeis)
  • πιτυοκάμπη (pituokámpē)
  • πιτυοτρόφος (pituotróphos)
  • πιτύστεπτος (pitústeptos)
  • πιτυώδης (pituṓdēs)
  • χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1198-9

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