σῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὗς (hûs) — prose, Poetic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“swine”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σῦς • (sûs) m or f (genitive σῠός); third declension

  1. pig; swine; hog

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ, ἡ σῦς; τοῦ, τῆς σῠός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ σῦς
ho, hē sûs		 τὼ σῠ́ε
tṑ súe		 οἱ, αἱ σῠ́ες
hoi, hai súes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς σῠός
toû, tês suós		 τοῖν σῠοῖν
toîn suoîn		 τῶν σῠῶν
tôn suôn
Dative τῷ, τῇ σῠῐ̈́
tôi, têi suḯ		 τοῖν σῠοῖν
toîn suoîn		 τοῖς, ταῖς σῡσῐ́ / σῡσῐ́ν / σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν
toîs, taîs sūsí(n) / susí(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν σῦν
tòn, tḕn sûn		 τὼ σῠ́ε
tṑ súe		 τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς
toùs, tā̀s sûs / súas
Vocative σῦ
sû		 σῠ́ε
súe		 σῠ́ες
súes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of σῦς; σῠός (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σῦς
sûs		 σῠ́ε
súe		 σῠ́ες
súes
Genitive σῠός
suós		 σῠ́οιῐν
súoiin		 σῠῶν
suôn
Dative σῠῐ̈́
suḯ		 σῠ́οιῐν
súoiin		 σῠ́εσσῐ / σῠ́εσσῐν
súessi(n)
Accusative σῦν
sûn		 σῠ́ε
súe		 σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς
sûs / súas
Vocative σῦ
sû		 σῠ́ε
súe		 σῠ́ες
súes
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “σῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • σῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σῦς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 612
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