ῥανίς

See also: ρανίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαίνω (rhaínō, “sprinkle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥᾰνῐ́ς • (rhănĭ́s) f (genitive ῥᾰνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. a drop
    Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), σταγών (stagṓn), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
    1. semen
      • Palatine Anthology, 10.45
    2. (figuratively) drop, spot

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς ῥᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰνῐ́ς
hē rhănĭ́s 		τὼ ῥᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ rhănĭ́de 		αἱ ῥᾰνῐ́δες
hai rhănĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰνῐ́δος
tês rhănĭ́dos 		τοῖν ῥᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn rhănĭ́doin 		τῶν ῥᾰνῐ́δων
tôn rhănĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰνῐ́δῐ
tēî rhănĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ῥᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn rhănĭ́doin 		ταῖς ῥᾰνῐ́σῐ / ῥᾰνῐ́σῐν
taîs rhănĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn rhănĭ́dă 		τὼ ῥᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ rhănĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s rhănĭ́dăs
Vocative ῥᾰνῐ́ς
rhănĭ́s 		ῥᾰνῐ́δε
rhănĭ́de 		ῥᾰνῐ́δες
rhănĭ́des
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: ρανίδα (ranída)

Further reading

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