τυρός

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See also: Τύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *tūrós (whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀶𐀫 (tu-ro /⁠tūrós⁠/)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂-ró-s, from *tewh₂- (“to swell”). However, compare Old English ġe-þweor (“curds”), from *(s)twerH- (“to swirl, churn”). Possibly a formation in common with Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ (“quark, whey-cheese”) and Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌 (tūiri), but the root and morphological details are disputed.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    τῡρός • (tūrós) m (genitive τῡροῦ); second declension

    1. cheese

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ τῡρός; τοῦ τῡροῦ (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ τῡρός
    ho tūrós     		τὼ τῡρώ
    tṑ tūrṓ     		οἱ τῡροί
    hoi tūroí
    Genitive τοῦ τῡροῦ
    toû tūroû     		τοῖν τῡροῖν
    toîn tūroîn     		τῶν τῡρῶν
    tôn tūrôn
    Dative τῷ τῡρῷ
    tôi tūrôi     		τοῖν τῡροῖν
    toîn tūroîn     		τοῖς τῡροῖς
    toîs tūroîs
    Accusative τὸν τῡρόν
    tòn tūrón     		τὼ τῡρώ
    tṑ tūrṓ     		τοὺς τῡρούς
    toùs tūroús
    Vocative τῡρέ
    tūré     		τῡρώ
    tūrṓ     		τῡροί
    tūroí
    Notes:

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    (from diminutive τυρίον (turíon))

    • Byzantine Greek: τυρίν (turín)

    Further reading

    • “τυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “τυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “τυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • τυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • τυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 129
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