χοῖρος

See also: χοίρος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰóřřos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóryos (“pig”) (whence Proto-Albanian *darja and Albanian derr), from *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”) + *-yos.

χοῖρος • (khoîros) m (genitive χοίρου); second declension

For the semantic shift of “pig” to “female genitalia”, compare the same Latin use of porcus.

Second declension of ὁ χοῖρος; τοῦ χοίρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χοῖρος ho khoîros	τὼ χοίρω tṑ khoírō	οἱ χοῖροι hoi khoîroi
Genitive	τοῦ χοίρου toû khoírou	τοῖν χοίροιν toîn khoíroin	τῶν χοίρων tôn khoírōn
Dative	τῷ χοίρῳ tôi khoírōi	τοῖν χοίροιν toîn khoíroin	τοῖς χοίροις toîs khoírois
Accusative	τὸν χοῖρον tòn khoîron	τὼ χοίρω tṑ khoírō	τοὺς χοίρους toùs khoírous
Vocative	χοῖρε khoîre	χοίρω khoírō	χοῖροι khoîroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.