ζάπυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζά (zá, “very”) +‎ πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdá.py.ros/ → /ˈza.py.ros/ → /ˈza.pi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdá.py.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.py.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.pi.ros/

Adjective

ζᾰ́πῠρος • (zápuros) m or f (neuter ζᾰ́πῠρον); second declension

1. very fiery

Inflection

Second declension of ζᾰ́πῠρος; ζᾰ́πῠρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ζᾰ́πῠρος zápuros	ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron		ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō	ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō		ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi	ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura
Genitive		ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou	ζᾰπῠ́ρου zapúrou		ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin	ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin		ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn	ζᾰπῠ́ρων zapúrōn
Dative		ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi	ζᾰπῠ́ρῳ zapúrōi		ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin	ζᾰπῠ́ροιν zapúroin		ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois	ζᾰπῠ́ροις zapúrois
Accusative		ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron	ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron		ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō	ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō		ζᾰπῠ́ρους zapúrous	ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura
Vocative		ζᾰ́πῠρε zápure	ζᾰ́πῠρον zápuron		ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō	ζᾰπῠ́ρω zapúrō		ζᾰ́πῠροι zápuroi	ζᾰ́πῠρᾰ zápura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ζᾰπῠ́ρως zapúrōs			ζᾰπῠρώτερος zapurṓteros			ζᾰπῠρώτᾰτος zapurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζάπυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζάπυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette