πυός

See also: πῦος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πῦος (pûos), πῦον (pûon), πῠ́ον (pŭ́on), πῠ́ῐ̈ον (pŭ́ĭ̈on)
πῠ́ᾰς (pŭ́ăs), πῦᾰρ (pûăr), πῠ́ᾰρ (pŭ́ăr)

Etymology

Probably originally identical with πύον (púon, “pus”), from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten, foul”), but with gender and accent after ὀρός (orós, “whey”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”), which belong to the same semantic field. Both the substance and its properties (like smell and fermentation) may have caused the transference of meaning from "pus" to "milk".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈos/

Noun

πῡός • (pūós) m (genitive πῡοῦ); second declension

beestings; colostrum

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῡός; τοῦ πῡοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῡός ho pūós	τὼ πῡώ tṑ pūṓ	οἱ πῡοί hoi pūoí
Genitive	τοῦ πῡοῦ toû pūoû	τοῖν πῡοῖν toîn pūoîn	τῶν πῡῶν tôn pūôn
Dative	τῷ πῡῷ tōî pūōî	τοῖν πῡοῖν toîn pūoîn	τοῖς πῡοῖς toîs pūoîs
Accusative	τὸν πῡόν tòn pūón	τὼ πῡώ tṑ pūṓ	τοὺς πῡούς toùs pūoús
Vocative	πῡέ pūé	πῡώ pūṓ	πῡοί pūoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πῡετῐ́ᾱ (pūetĭ́ā)
πῡετῐ́η (pūetĭ́ē)
πῡρῐᾱ́η (pūrĭā́ē)
πῡρῐᾱ́τη (pūrĭā́tē)
πῡτῐ́ᾱ (pūtĭ́ā)

Related terms

ἔμπυος (émpuos)
μῑξόπῡος (mīxópūos)
πῡ́θω (pū́thō)
πῠ́ον (pŭ́on)
πῦον (pûon)
ῠ̔πόπῠος (hŭpópŭos)