ρητό

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾiˈto/
  • Hyphenation: ρη‧τό

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ῥητόν (rhētón, “biblical quotation”), from Ancient Greek ῥητός (rhētós), with semantic loan from French dicton.[1]

Noun

ρητό • (ritó) n (plural ρητά)

  1. dictum, maxim, saying (short phrase expressing a basic truth)
    Synonyms: απόφθεγμα n (apófthegma), γνωμικό n (gnomikó), παροιμία f (paroimía), ρήση f (rísi)
Declension
Declension of ρητό
singular plural
nominative ρητό (ritó) ρητά (ritá)
genitive ρητού (ritoú) ρητών (ritón)
accusative ρητό (ritó) ρητά (ritá)
vocative ρητό (ritó) ρητά (ritá)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ρητό • (ritó)

  1. accusative masculine singular of ρητός (ritós)
  2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ρητός (ritós)

References

  1. ^ ρητό, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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