γῦρος

See also: γύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, to bend”), same source as Old Armenian կոր (kor), Lithuanian gurnas (“ankle, hip, bone”), and Norwegian kaure (“curly lock of hair”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γῦρος • (gûros) m (genitive γῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. ring, circle

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ γῦρος; τοῦ γῡ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ γῦρος
ho gûros		 τὼ γῡ́ρω
tṑ gū́rō		 οἱ γῦροι
hoi gûroi
Genitive τοῦ γῡ́ρου
toû gū́rou		 τοῖν γῡ́ροιν
toîn gū́roin		 τῶν γῡ́ρων
tôn gū́rōn
Dative τῷ γῡ́ρῳ
tôi gū́rōi		 τοῖν γῡ́ροιν
toîn gū́roin		 τοῖς γῡ́ροις
toîs gū́rois
Accusative τὸν γῦρον
tòn gûron		 τὼ γῡ́ρω
tṑ gū́rō		 τοὺς γῡ́ρους
toùs gū́rous
Vocative γῦρε
gûre		 γῡ́ρω
gū́rō		 γῦροι
gûroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • γυρός (gurós, “round”)

Descendants
  • Greek: γύρος (gýros)
  • → Latin: gȳrus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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