ῥύσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥύτιον (rhútion) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to tear, dig, burrow, gather”), the same root of ἐρύω (erúō, “to draw, drag, pull”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥῡ́σῐον • (rhū́sĭon) n (genitive ῥῡσῐ́ου); second declension

  1. surety, pledge
    Synonyms: ἐγγῠ́η (engŭ́ē), ἐνέχῠρον (enékhŭron), ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē)
  2. property held as a compensation
  3. booty, prey, that which is dragged away
  4. reprisal, retaliation
  5. (in the plural) restitution, deliverance

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ῥῡ́σῐον; τοῦ ῥῡσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῥῡ́σῐον
tò rhū́sĭon 		τὼ ῥῡσῐ́ω
tṑ rhūsĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ῥῡ́σῐᾰ
tằ rhū́sĭă
Genitive τοῦ ῥῡσῐ́ου
toû rhūsĭ́ou 		τοῖν ῥῡσῐ́οιν
toîn rhūsĭ́oin 		τῶν ῥῡσῐ́ων
tôn rhūsĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ῥῡσῐ́ῳ
tōî rhūsĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ῥῡσῐ́οιν
toîn rhūsĭ́oin 		τοῖς ῥῡσῐ́οις
toîs rhūsĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ῥῡ́σῐον
tò rhū́sĭon 		τὼ ῥῡσῐ́ω
tṑ rhūsĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ῥῡ́σῐᾰ
tằ rhū́sĭă
Vocative ῥῡ́σῐον
rhū́sĭon 		ῥῡσῐ́ω
rhūsĭ́ō 		ῥῡ́σῐᾰ
rhū́sĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • ῥυσιάζω (rhusiázō)

Further reading

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