βούτυρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ τυρός (turós, “cheese”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βούτῡρον • (boútūron) n (genitive βουτῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. butter

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βούτῡρον; τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βούτῡρον
tò boútūron		 τὼ βουτῡ́ρω
tṑ boutū́rō		 τᾰ̀ βούτῡρᾰ
tà boútūra
Genitive τοῦ βουτῡ́ρου
toû boutū́rou		 τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν
toîn boutū́roin		 τῶν βουτῡ́ρων
tôn boutū́rōn
Dative τῷ βουτῡ́ρῳ
tôi boutū́rōi		 τοῖν βουτῡ́ροιν
toîn boutū́roin		 τοῖς βουτῡ́ροις
toîs boutū́rois
Accusative τὸ βούτῡρον
tò boútūron		 τὼ βουτῡ́ρω
tṑ boutū́rō		 τᾰ̀ βούτῡρᾰ
tà boútūra
Vocative βούτῡρον
boútūron		 βουτῡ́ρω
boutū́rō		 βούτῡρᾰ
boútūra
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: βούτυρο (voútyro)
  • → Latin: būtȳrum (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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