παλίουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A connection with οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) makes little sense, nor it is to be taken with οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). The word is most probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰλίουρος • (pălíouros) m or f (genitive πᾰλῐούρου); second declension

  1. Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ πᾰλῐ́ουρος; τοῦ / τῆς πᾰλῐούρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ / ἡ πᾰλῐ́ουρος
ho / hē pălĭ́ouros 		τὼ πᾰλῐούρω
tṑ pălĭoúrō 		οἱ / αἱ πᾰλῐ́ουροι
hoi / hai pălĭ́ouroi
Genitive τοῦ / τῆς πᾰλῐούρου
toû / tês pălĭoúrou 		τοῖν πᾰλῐούροιν
toîn pălĭoúroin 		τῶν πᾰλῐούρων
tôn pălĭoúrōn
Dative τῷ / τῇ πᾰλῐούρῳ
tōî / tēî pălĭoúrōi 		τοῖν πᾰλῐούροιν
toîn pălĭoúroin 		τοῖς / ταῖς πᾰλῐούροις
toîs / taîs pălĭoúrois
Accusative τὸν / τὴν πᾰλῐ́ουρον
tòn / tḕn pălĭ́ouron 		τὼ πᾰλῐούρω
tṑ pălĭoúrō 		τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς πᾰλῐούρους
toùs / tā̀s pălĭoúrous
Vocative πᾰλῐ́ουρε
pălĭ́oure 		πᾰλῐούρω
pălĭoúrō 		πᾰλῐ́ουροι
pălĭ́ouroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πᾰλῐούρῐνος (pălĭoúrĭnos)
  • πᾰλῐουρίς (pălĭourís)
  • πᾰλῐουροφόρος (pălĭourophóros)

Descendants

  • → Latin: paliūrus

Further reading

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