γυρῖνος

See also: γυρίνος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡy.rîː.nos/ → /ʝyˈri.nos/ → /ʝiˈri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡy.rîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡyˈri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝyˈri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝyˈri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiˈri.nos/

Noun

γῠρῖνος • (gŭrînos) m (genitive γῠρῑ́νου); second declension

1. tadpole

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γῠρῖνος; τοῦ γῠρῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῠρῖνος ho gŭrînos	τὼ γῠρῑ́νω tṑ gŭrī́nō	οἱ γῠρῖνοι hoi gŭrînoi
Genitive	τοῦ γῠρῑ́νου toû gŭrī́nou	τοῖν γῠρῑ́νοιν toîn gŭrī́noin	τῶν γῠρῑ́νων tôn gŭrī́nōn
Dative	τῷ γῠρῑ́νῳ tōî gŭrī́nōi	τοῖν γῠρῑ́νοιν toîn gŭrī́noin	τοῖς γῠρῑ́νοις toîs gŭrī́nois
Accusative	τὸν γῠρῖνον tòn gŭrînon	τὼ γῠρῑ́νω tṑ gŭrī́nō	τοὺς γῠρῑ́νους toùs gŭrī́nous
Vocative	γῠρῖνε gŭrîne	γῠρῑ́νω gŭrī́nō	γῠρῖνοι gŭrînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γυρίνος (gyrínos)
• → Italian: girino
• → Portuguese: girino
• → Spanish: girino

Further reading

• “γυρῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γυρῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γυρῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γυρῖνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)