βλοσυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Leumann derives it from a root common to Latin vultur (“vulture”). There is no evidence, however, that the word is Indo-European.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blo.sy.rós/ → /βlo.syˈros/ → /vlo.siˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blo.sy.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /blo.syˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βlo.syˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vlo.syˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vlo.siˈros/

Adjective

βλοσῠρός • (blosurós) m (feminine βλοσῠρᾱ́, neuter βλοσῠρόν); first/second declension

1. hairy, shaggy, bristling

   Synonyms: δασύς (dasús), πολύτριχος (polútrikhos)

2. rough, coarse, not refined
3. masculine, manly, virile
4. fierce, grim, ferocious
5. solemn, dignified, impressive

Inflection

First and second declension of βλοσῠρός; βλοσῠρᾱ́; βλοσῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βλοσῠρός blosurós	βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́	βλοσῠρόν blosurón		βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ	βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́	βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ		βλοσῠροί blosuroí	βλοσῠραί blosuraí	βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá
Genitive		βλοσῠροῦ blosuroû	βλοσῠρᾶς blosurâs	βλοσῠροῦ blosuroû		βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn	βλοσῠραῖν blosuraîn	βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn		βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn	βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn	βλοσῠρῶν blosurôn
Dative		βλοσῠρῷ blosurôi	βλοσῠρᾷ blosurâi	βλοσῠρῷ blosurôi		βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn	βλοσῠραῖν blosuraîn	βλοσῠροῖν blosuroîn		βλοσῠροῖς blosuroîs	βλοσῠραῖς blosuraîs	βλοσῠροῖς blosuroîs
Accusative		βλοσῠρόν blosurón	βλοσῠρᾱ́ν blosurā́n	βλοσῠρόν blosurón		βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ	βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́	βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ		βλοσῠρούς blosuroús	βλοσῠρᾱ́ς blosurā́s	βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá
Vocative		βλοσῠρέ blosuré	βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́	βλοσῠρόν blosurón		βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ	βλοσῠρᾱ́ blosurā́	βλοσῠρώ blosurṓ		βλοσῠροί blosuroí	βλοσῠραί blosuraí	βλοσῠρᾰ́ blosurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βλοσῠρῶς blosurôs				βλοσῠρώτερος blosurṓteros				βλοσῠρώτᾰτος blosurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βλοσῠρόμμᾰτος (blosurómmatos)
• βλοσῠρότης (blosurótēs)
• βλοσῠρόφρων (blosuróphrōn)
• βλοσῠρῶπῐς (blosurôpis)
• βλοσῠρῐ́ᾱ (blosuríā)

 

Further reading

• “βλοσυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλοσυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βλοσυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βλοσυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλοσυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βλοσυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλοσυρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222