ἄναυρος

See also: Ἄναυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin but others have interpreted the word as "waterless", with ἀν- (an-, “alpha privativum”) + an unknown word for water (connected with the name of various rivers, like Metaurus, Pisaurus and Avara).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.nau̯.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.naw.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.βros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.vros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.vros/

Noun

ἄναυρος • (ánauros) m (genitive ἀναύρου); second declension

mountain torrent

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄναυρος; τοῦ ἀναύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄναυρος ho ánauros	τὼ ἀναύρω tṑ anaúrō	οἱ ἄναυροι hoi ánauroi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀναύρου toû anaúrou	τοῖν ἀναύροιν toîn anaúroin	τῶν ἀναύρων tôn anaúrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀναύρῳ tôi anaúrōi	τοῖν ἀναύροιν toîn anaúroin	τοῖς ἀναύροις toîs anaúrois
Accusative	τὸν ἄναυρον tòn ánauron	τὼ ἀναύρω tṑ anaúrō	τοὺς ἀναύρους toùs anaúrous
Vocative	ἄναυρε ánaure	ἀναύρω anaúrō	ἄναυροι ánauroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἄναυρος (Ánauros)