γλουρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Considered by Frisk a loan from Phrygian, likely not Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡluː.rós/ → /ɣluˈros/ → /ɣluˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡluː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣluˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣluˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣluˈros/

Noun

γλουρός • (glourós) m (genitive γλουροῦ); second declension

1. gold

   Synonyms: χρυσός (khrusós), τάγχουρος (tánkhouros)

   • early 2nd century CE, Besantinus, “Βησαντίνου Βωμός”, in Greek Anthology, Book XV‎^[1]:

     Ἐς γὰρ βωμὸν ὁρῇς με μήτε γλούρου//πλίνθοις μήτ' Ἀλύβης βώλοις.

     Es gàr bōmòn horêis me mḗte gloúrou//plínthois mḗt' Alúbēs bṓlois.

     look upon me as an altar, built not from bricks of gold nor from (silver) nuggets of Alybe

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γλουρός; τοῦ γλουροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γλουρός ho glourós	τὼ γλουρώ tṑ glourṓ	οἱ γλουροί hoi glouroí
Genitive	τοῦ γλουροῦ toû glouroû	τοῖν γλουροῖν toîn glouroîn	τῶν γλουρῶν tôn glourôn
Dative	τῷ γλουρῷ tôi glourôi	τοῖν γλουροῖν toîn glouroîn	τοῖς γλουροῖς toîs glouroîs
Accusative	τὸν γλουρόν tòn glourón	τὼ γλουρώ tṑ glourṓ	τοὺς γλουρούς toùs glouroús
Vocative	γλουρέ glouré	γλουρώ glourṓ	γλουροί glouroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γλουρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press