χοίρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χοῖρος (khoîros, “hog”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰǒi̯.ri.nos/ → /ˈçy.ri.nos/ → /ˈçi.ri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰǒi̯.ri.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰy.ri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.ri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.ri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.ri.nos/

Adjective

χοίρῐνος • (khoírinos) m (feminine χοιρίνη, neuter χοίρῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of hog's skin

Inflection

First and second declension of χοίρῐνος; χοιρῐ́νη; χοίρῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χοίρῐνος khoírinos	χοιρῐ́νη khoirínē	χοίρῐνον khoírinon		χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō	χοιρῐ́νᾱ khoirínā	χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō		χοίρῐνοι khoírinoi	χοίρῐναι khoírinai	χοίρῐνᾰ khoírina
Genitive		χοιρῐ́νου khoirínou	χοιρῐ́νης khoirínēs	χοιρῐ́νου khoirínou		χοιρῐ́νοιν khoirínoin	χοιρῐ́ναιν khoirínain	χοιρῐ́νοιν khoirínoin		χοιρῐ́νων khoirínōn	χοιρῐ́νων khoirínōn	χοιρῐ́νων khoirínōn
Dative		χοιρῐ́νῳ khoirínōi	χοιρῐ́νῃ khoirínēi	χοιρῐ́νῳ khoirínōi		χοιρῐ́νοιν khoirínoin	χοιρῐ́ναιν khoirínain	χοιρῐ́νοιν khoirínoin		χοιρῐ́νοις khoirínois	χοιρῐ́ναις khoirínais	χοιρῐ́νοις khoirínois
Accusative		χοίρῐνον khoírinon	χοιρῐ́νην khoirínēn	χοίρῐνον khoírinon		χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō	χοιρῐ́νᾱ khoirínā	χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō		χοιρῐ́νους khoirínous	χοιρῐ́νᾱς khoirínās	χοίρῐνᾰ khoírina
Vocative		χοίρῐνε khoírine	χοιρῐ́νη khoirínē	χοίρῐνον khoírinon		χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō	χοιρῐ́νᾱ khoirínā	χοιρῐ́νω khoirínō		χοίρῐνοι khoírinoi	χοίρῐναι khoírinai	χοίρῐνᾰ khoírina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χοιρῐ́νως khoirínōs				χοιρῐνώτερος khoirinṓteros				χοιρῐνώτᾰτος khoirinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χοίρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χοίρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette