Ὄασις

See also: oasis, oásis, Oasis, and OASIS

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 February 2016

Alternative forms

  • Αὔᾰσῐς (Aúăsĭs)

Etymology

From Demotic wḥj, earlier hieroglyphic


wḥꜣt (also meaning “cauldron”). Compare Bohairic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi), Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe), and Arabic واحة (wāḥa).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὄᾰσῐς • (Óăsĭs) f (genitive Ὀᾰ́σεως or Ὀᾰ́σῐος); third declension

  1. any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.26:
      ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.
      epeidḕ ek tês Oásios taútēs iénai dià tês psámmou epì sphéas, genésthai te autoùs metaxú kou málista autôn te kaì tês Oásios, áriston haireoménoisi autoîsi epipneûsai nóton mégan te kaì exaísion, phoréonta dè thînas tês psámmou katakhôsai sphéas, kaì trópōi toioútōi aphanisthênai.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς; τῆς Ὀᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς
hē Óăsĭs 		τὼ Ὀᾰ́σει
tṑ Oắsei 		αἱ Ὀᾰ́σεις
hai Oắseis
Genitive τῆς Ὀᾰ́σεως
tês Oắseōs 		τοῖν Ὀᾰσέοιν
toîn Oăséoin 		τῶν Ὀᾰ́σεων
tôn Oắseōn
Dative τῇ Ὀᾰ́σει
tēî Oắsei 		τοῖν Ὀᾰσέοιν
toîn Oăséoin 		ταῖς Ὀᾰ́σεσῐ / Ὀᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs Oắsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Ὄᾰσῐν
tḕn Óăsĭn 		τὼ Ὀᾰ́σει
tṑ Oắsei 		τᾱ̀ς Ὀᾰ́σεις
tā̀s Oắseis
Vocative Ὄᾰσῐ
Óăsĭ 		Ὀᾰ́σει
Oắsei 		Ὀᾰ́σεις
Oắseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς; τῆς Ὀᾰ́σῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς
hē Óăsĭs 		τὼ Ὀᾰ́σῐε
tṑ Oắsĭe 		αἱ Ὀᾰ́σῐες
hai Oắsĭes
Genitive τῆς Ὀᾰ́σῐος
tês Oắsĭos 		τοῖν Ὀᾰσῐ́οιν
toîn Oăsĭ́oin 		τῶν Ὀᾰσῐ́ων
tôn Oăsĭ́ōn
Dative τῇ Ὀᾰ́σῑ
tēî Oắsī 		τοῖν Ὀᾰσῐ́οιν
toîn Oăsĭ́oin 		ταῖς Ὀᾰ́σῐσῐ / Ὀᾰ́σῐσῐν
taîs Oắsĭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Ὄᾰσῐν
tḕn Óăsĭn 		τὼ Ὀᾰ́σῐε
tṑ Oắsĭe 		τᾱ̀ς Ὀᾰ́σῑς / Ὀᾰ́σῐᾰς
tā̀s Oắsīs / Oắsĭăs
Vocative Ὄᾰσῐ
Óăsĭ 		Ὀᾰ́σῐε
Oắsĭe 		Ὀᾰ́σῐες
Oắsĭes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Αὐᾰσῑ́της (Auăsī́tēs)
  • Αὐᾰσῖτῐς (Auăsîtĭs)
  • Ὀᾰσῖται (Oăsîtai)
  • Ὀασῐτῐκός (Oasĭtĭkós)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: ովասիս (ovasis) (learned)
  • → Latin: Oasis (see there for further descendants)

References

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