σῶρυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σῶρῐ (sôri)

Etymology

A foreign word of unknown origin. The formation recalls μίσυ (mísu), βράθυ (bráthu) and μῶλυ (môlu). The variation υ/ι points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ː.ry/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ri/

Noun

σῶρῠ • (sôru) n (genitive σώρῠος); third declension

(mineralogy) melanterite, ferrous sulphate

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῶρῠ; τοῦ σώρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῶρῠ tò sôru	τὼ σώρῠε tṑ sṓrue	τᾰ̀ σώρῠᾰ tà sṓrua
Genitive	τοῦ σώρῠος toû sṓruos	τοῖν σωρῠ́οιν toîn sōrúoin	τῶν σωρῠ́ων tôn sōrúōn
Dative	τῷ σώρῠῐ̈ tôi sṓruï	τοῖν σωρῠ́οιν toîn sōrúoin	τοῖς σώρῠσῐ / σώρῠσῐν toîs sṓrusi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῶρῠ tò sôru	τὼ σώρῠε tṑ sṓrue	τᾰ̀ σώρῠᾰ tà sṓrua
Vocative	σῶρῠ sôru	σώρῠε sṓrue	σώρῠᾰ sṓrua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: sōry