πυρσαίνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πυρσός (pursós) +‎ -αίνω (-aínō).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.sǎi̯.nɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsɛ.no/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈsɛ.no/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyrˈse.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pirˈse.no/

Verb

πῠρσαίνω • (pŭrsaínō)

to tinge with red, make red
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Trojan Women 225-229:
  Ἰονίῳ ναύται πόντῳ, ἃν ὑγραίνει καλλιστεύων ὁ ξανθὰν χαίταν πυρσαίνων Κρᾶθις ζαθέαις πηγαῖσι τρέφων εὔανδρόν τʼ ὀλβίζων γᾶν.
  Ioníōi naútai póntōi, hàn hugraínei kallisteúōn ho xanthàn khaítan pursaínōn Krâthis zathéais pēgaîsi tréphōn eúandrón t’ olbízōn gân.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Present: πῠρσαινώω, πῠρσαινώομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	πῠρσαινώω	πῠρσαινώεις	πῠρσαινώει	πῠρσαινώετον	πῠρσαινώετον	πῠρσαινώομεν	πῠρσαινώετε	πῠρσαινώουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	πῠρσαινώω	πῠρσαινώῃς	πῠρσαινώῃ	πῠρσαινώητον	πῠρσαινώητον	πῠρσαινώωμεν	πῠρσαινώητε	πῠρσαινώωσῐ(ν)
	optative	πῠρσαινώοιμῐ	πῠρσαινώοις	πῠρσαινώοι	πῠρσαινώοιτον	πῠρσαινωοίτην	πῠρσαινώοιμεν	πῠρσαινώοιτε	πῠρσαινώοιεν
	imperative		πῠρσαίνωε	πῠρσαινωέτω	πῠρσαινώετον	πῠρσαινωέτων		πῠρσαινώετε	πῠρσαινωόντων
middle/passive	indicative	πῠρσαινώομαι	πῠρσαινώῃ, πῠρσαινώει	πῠρσαινώεται	πῠρσαινώεσθον	πῠρσαινώεσθον	πῠρσαινωόμεθᾰ	πῠρσαινώεσθε	πῠρσαινώονται
	subjunctive	πῠρσαινώωμαι	πῠρσαινώῃ	πῠρσαινώηται	πῠρσαινώησθον	πῠρσαινώησθον	πῠρσαινωώμεθᾰ	πῠρσαινώησθε	πῠρσαινώωνται
	optative	πῠρσαινωοίμην	πῠρσαινώοιο	πῠρσαινώοιτο	πῠρσαινώοισθον	πῠρσαινωοίσθην	πῠρσαινωοίμεθᾰ	πῠρσαινώοισθε	πῠρσαινώοιντο
	imperative		πῠρσαινώου	πῠρσαινωέσθω	πῠρσαινώεσθον	πῠρσαινωέσθων		πῠρσαινώεσθε	πῠρσαινωέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		πῠρσαινώειν				πῠρσαινώεσθαι
participle	m	πῠρσαινώων				πῠρσαινωόμενος
	f	πῠρσαινώουσᾰ				πῠρσαινωομένη
	n	πῠρσαινῶον				πῠρσαινωόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐπῠρσαίνωον, ἐπῠρσαινωόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῠρσαίνωον	ἐπῠρσαίνωες	ἐπῠρσαίνωε(ν)	ἐπῠρσαινώετον	ἐπῠρσαινωέτην	ἐπῠρσαινώομεν	ἐπῠρσαινώετε	ἐπῠρσαίνωον
middle/passive	indicative	ἐπῠρσαινωόμην	ἐπῠρσαινώου	ἐπῠρσαινώετο	ἐπῠρσαινώεσθον	ἐπῠρσαινωέσθην	ἐπῠρσαινωόμεθᾰ	ἐπῠρσαινώεσθε	ἐπῠρσαινώοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“πυρσαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πυρσαίνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πυρσαίνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πυρσαίνω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011