σῦς

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *súHs (“swine”); doublet of ὗς (hûs). The reason for the survival of initial /s/ in this form is unknown.^[1]

σῦς • (sûs) m or f (genitive σῠός); third declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ σῦς; τοῦ / τῆς σῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ σῦς ho / hē sûs	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	οἱ / αἱ σῠ́ες hoi / hai sŭ́es
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς σῠός toû / tês sŭós	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τῶν σῠῶν tôn sŭôn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ σῠῐ̈́ tōî / tēî sŭĭ̈́	τοῖν σῠοῖν toîn sŭoîn	τοῖς / ταῖς σῡσῐ́ / σῡσῐ́ν / σῠσῐ́ / σῠσῐ́ν toîs / taîs sūsĭ́(n) / sŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν σῦν tòn / tḕn sûn	τὼ σῠ́ε tṑ sŭ́e	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς toùs / tā̀s sûs / sŭ́ăs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of σῦς; σῠός (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σῦς sûs	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Genitive	σῠός sŭós	σῠ́οιν / σῠ́οιῐν sŭ́oi(ĭ)n	σῠῶν sŭôn
Dative	σῠῐ̈́ sŭĭ̈́	σῠ́οιν / σῠ́οιῐν sŭ́oi(ĭ)n	σῠ́εσσῐ / σῠ́εσσῐν sŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	σῦν sûn	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῦς / σῠ́ᾰς sûs / sŭ́ăs
Vocative	σῦ sû	σῠ́ε sŭ́e	σῠ́ες sŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σῦς, συός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1425