ὀρός

See also: όρος, ορός, ὄρος, and ὅρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *horós (an -ός (-ós) nominal), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”); see also Sanskrit सर (sara, “flowing”), सरित् (sarit, “river, brook”) and Latin serum (“whey”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀρός • (orós) m (genitive ὀροῦ); second declension

  1. whey, the watery part of milk
  2. serum of blood

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀρός; τοῦ ὀροῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὀρός
ho orós 		τὼ ὀρώ
tṑ orṓ 		οἱ ὀροί
hoi oroí
Genitive τοῦ ὀροῦ
toû oroû 		τοῖν ὀροῖν
toîn oroîn 		τῶν ὀρῶν
tôn orôn
Dative τῷ ὀρῷ
tōî orōî 		τοῖν ὀροῖν
toîn oroîn 		τοῖς ὀροῖς
toîs oroîs
Accusative τὸν ὀρόν
tòn orón 		τὼ ὀρώ
tṑ orṓ 		τοὺς ὀρούς
toùs oroús
Vocative ὀρέ
oré 		ὀρώ
orṓ 		ὀροί
oroí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐξορίζω (exorízō)
  • ὀροποτέω (oropotéō)
  • ὀρώδης (orṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: ορός (orós)
  • ⇒ Italian: orotico

Further reading

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