Πάρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Luwian 𒉺𒊑𒍣𒋾𒅖 (Parizitis), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (foremost) + 𒍣𒋾𒅖 (“man”). Compare Hittite 𒉺𒊑𒇽 (Pa.ri.LÚ /⁠Parizitis⁠/). By folk etymology connected with πήρα (pḗra, “bag, pouch”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πᾰ́ρῐς • (Pắrĭs) m (genitive Πᾰ́ρῐδος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Paris

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Πᾰ́ρῐς; τοῦ Πᾰ́ρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πᾰ́ρῐς
ho Pắrĭs
Genitive τοῦ Πᾰ́ρῐδος
toû Pắrĭdos
Dative τῷ Πᾰ́ρῐδῐ
tōî Pắrĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Πᾰ́ρῐν
tòn Pắrĭn
Vocative Πᾰ́ρῐ
Pắrĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πάρις (Páris), Πάριδας (Páridas)
  • Latin: Paris

Further reading

  • “Πάρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • “Πάρις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020

Greek

Proper noun

Πάρις • (Páris) m

  1. alternative spelling of Πάρης (Páris)
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