δειράς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δηρᾰ́ς (dērắs) — Cretan
  • δειρᾰ́ρ (deirắr) — Laconian

Etymology

Liddell and Scott propose Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad) as a cognate. However, Pokorny argues for an origin from Proto-Indo-European *gʷer-, citing Sanskrit गिरि (giri) as a cognate. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δειρᾰ́ς • (deirắs) f (genitive δειρᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. The ridge of a column of hills

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δειρᾰ́ς; τῆς δειρᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δειρᾰ́ς
hē deirắs 		τὼ δειρᾰ́δε
tṑ deirắde 		αἱ δειρᾰ́δες
hai deirắdes
Genitive τῆς δειρᾰ́δος
tês deirắdos 		τοῖν δειρᾰ́δοιν
toîn deirắdoin 		τῶν δειρᾰ́δων
tôn deirắdōn
Dative τῇ δειρᾰ́δῐ
tēî deirắdĭ 		τοῖν δειρᾰ́δοιν
toîn deirắdoin 		ταῖς δειρᾰ́σῐ / δειρᾰ́σῐν
taîs deirắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν δειρᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn deirắdă 		τὼ δειρᾰ́δε
tṑ deirắde 		τᾱ̀ς δειρᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s deirắdăs
Vocative δειρᾰ́ς
deirắs 		δειρᾰ́δε
deirắde 		δειρᾰ́δες
deirắdes
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.

Derived terms

References

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