πυρσός

Ancient Greek

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

πῠρσός • (pursós) m (genitive πῠρσοῦ); second declension

firebrand, torch
Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)
beacon, signal-fire
Synonym: φρῠκτός (phruktós)
(in the plural) watchfires

Second declension of ὁ πῠρσός; τοῦ πῠρσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρσός ho pursós	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pursṓ	οἱ πῠρσοί hoi pursoí
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρσοῦ toû pursoû	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pursoîn	τῶν πῠρσῶν tôn pursôn
Dative	τῷ πῠρσῷ tôi pursôi	τοῖν πῠρσοῖν toîn pursoîn	τοῖς πῠρσοῖς toîs pursoîs
Accusative	τὸν πῠρσόν tòn pursón	τὼ πῠρσώ tṑ pursṓ	τοὺς πῠρσούς toùs pursoús
Vocative	πῠρσέ pursé	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσοί pursoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

πῠρσός • (pursós) m (feminine πῠρσή, neuter πῠρσόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of πῠρσός; πῠρσή; πῠρσόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πῠρσός pursós	πῠρσή pursḗ	πῠρσόν pursón	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσοί pursoí	πῠρσαί pursaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Genitive	πῠρσοῦ pursoû	πῠρσῆς pursês	πῠρσοῦ pursoû	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσαῖν pursaîn	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσῶν pursôn	πῠρσῶν pursôn	πῠρσῶν pursôn
Dative	πῠρσῷ pursôi	πῠρσῇ pursêi	πῠρσῷ pursôi	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσαῖν pursaîn	πῠρσοῖν pursoîn	πῠρσοῖς pursoîs	πῠρσαῖς pursaîs	πῠρσοῖς pursoîs
Accusative	πῠρσόν pursón	πῠρσήν pursḗn	πῠρσόν pursón	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσούς pursoús	πῠρσᾱ́ς pursā́s	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Vocative	πῠρσέ pursé	πῠρσή pursḗ	πῠρσόν pursón	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσᾱ́ pursā́	πῠρσώ pursṓ	πῠρσοί pursoí	πῠρσαί pursaí	πῠρσᾰ́ pursá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πῠρσῶς pursôs			πῠρσότερος pursóteros			πῠρσότᾰτος pursótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.