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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Only attested in a grammatical work by Theognostus.
Pronunciation
Noun
σῦρ • (sûr) n (genitive σῠρός); third declension
- (hapax) load, burden, freight
- Synonym: φορτίον (phortíon)
800 CE – 900 CE, Theognostus the Grammarian,
Canons or On Orthography 133:
- Εἰς υρ μονοσύλλαβα δύο ἐστίν· σῦρ τὸ φόρτιον, καὶ πῦρ τὸ στοιχεῖον· ἀμφότερα δὲ κλίνεται διὰ τοῦ ρος.
- Eis ur monosúllaba dúo estín; sûr tò phórtion, kaì pûr tò stoikheîon; amphótera dè klínetai dià toû ros.
- There are two monosyllabic words in -υρ: "σῦρ" ('burden'), and "πῦρ" ('the element '); both of them decline in -ρος.
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