The formation is like λέπυρον (lépuron), but without a certain explanation. It has been connected to Latin putus (“pure”), Sanskrit पूत (pūtá, “cleansed”) and Proto-Germanic *faujaną (“to sift”), but this is highly unlikely. Note the synonymous glosses πήτεα (pḗtea), πητῖται (pētîtai) which are connected with πῆν (pên). Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin in view of the suffix "-ῡρ-".
πίτῡρον • (pítūron) n (genitive πῐτῡ́ρου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πῐ́τῡρον tò pítūron |
τὼ πῐτῡ́ρω tṑ pitū́rō |
τᾰ̀ πῐ́τῡρᾰ tà pítūra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῐτῡ́ρου toû pitū́rou |
τοῖν πῐτῡ́ροιν toîn pitū́roin |
τῶν πῐτῡ́ρων tôn pitū́rōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῐτῡ́ρῳ tôi pitū́rōi |
τοῖν πῐτῡ́ροιν toîn pitū́roin |
τοῖς πῐτῡ́ροις toîs pitū́rois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πῐ́τῡρον tò pítūron |
τὼ πῐτῡ́ρω tṑ pitū́rō |
τᾰ̀ πῐ́τῡρᾰ tà pítūra | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῐ́τῡρον pítūron |
πῐτῡ́ρω pitū́rō |
πῐ́τῡρᾰ pítūra | ||||||||||
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