τίτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares διθύραμβος (dithúrambos, “dithyramb”), which would contain a variant ot this word, with a suffix -αμβος. Previous proposals include connection with synonymous σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) by Solmsen. This is rejected by Nehring, who considers both words to be loans from Asia Minor. Deroy connects the suffix -τυρος with ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”). According to Beekes, the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tǐː.ty.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ty.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ti.ros/

Noun

τῑ́τῠρος • (tī́turos) m (genitive τῑτῠ́ρου); second declension (Doric)

satyr
Synonym: σᾰ́τῠρος (sáturos)
common shepherd's name
short-tailed ape
(in Laconia) bellwether
reed or pipe

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τῑ́τῠρος; τοῦ τῑτῠ́ροιο (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τῑ́τῠρος ho tī́turos	τὼ τῑτῠ́ρω tṑ tītúrō	τοὶ τῑ́τῠροι toì tī́turoi
Genitive	τοῦ τῑτῠ́ροιο toû tītúroio	τοῖν τῑτῠ́ροιν toîn tītúroin	τῶν τῑτῠ́ρων tôn tītúrōn
Dative	τῷ τῑτῠ́ρῳ tôi tītúrōi	τοῖν τῑτῠ́ροιν toîn tītúroin	τοῖς τῑτῠ́ροις toîs tītúrois
Accusative	τὸν τῑ́τῠρον tòn tī́turon	τὼ τῑτῠ́ρω tṑ tītúrō	τοὺς τῑτῠ́ρους toùs tītúrous
Vocative	τῑ́τῠρε tī́ture	τῑτῠ́ρω tītúrō	τῑ́τῠροι tī́turoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

τῑτύρινος (tītúrinos)
τῑτυρίς (tīturís)
τῑτυριστής (tīturistḗs)

References

“Τίτυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
τίτυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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