ῥῆσις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ϝρῆσις (wrêsis) — Arcadian
Etymology
From stem ῥη- of εἴρω (eírō, “to say”) + -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈre̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈri.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈri.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈri.sis/
Noun
ῥῆσῐς • (rhêsĭs) f (genitive ῥήσεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsĭs |
τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei |
αἱ ῥήσεις hai rhḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥήσεως tês rhḗseōs |
τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin |
τῶν ῥήσεων tôn rhḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥήσει tēî rhḗsei |
τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin |
ταῖς ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν taîs rhḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsĭn |
τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς ῥήσεις tā̀s rhḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ |
ῥήσει rhḗsei |
ῥήσεις rhḗseis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsĭs |
τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsĭe |
αἱ ῥήσῐες hai rhḗsĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥήσῐος tês rhḗsĭos |
τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsĭ́oin |
τῶν ῥησῐ́ων tôn rhēsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥήσῑ tēî rhḗsī |
τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsĭ́oin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) rhḗsĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsĭn |
τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsĭe |
τᾱ̀ς ῥήσῑς / ῥήσῐᾰς tā̀s rhḗsīs / rhḗsĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ |
ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe |
ῥήσῐες rhḗsĭes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ῥῆσῐς rhêsĭs |
ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe |
ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsĭes / rhḗsēes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ῥήσῐος / ῥήσηος rhḗsĭos / rhḗsēos |
ῥησῐ́οιν / ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
ῥησῐ́ων rhēsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ῥήσῐῐ / ῥήσῑ / ῥήσηῐ̈ / ῥήσει rhḗsĭĭ / rhḗsī / rhḗsēĭ̈ / rhḗsei |
ῥησῐ́οιν / ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsĭ́oi(ĭ)n |
ῥησῐ́εσσῐ / ῥησῐ́εσσῐν / ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν / ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν rhēsĭ́essĭ(n) / rhḗsesĭ(n) / rhḗsĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ῥῆσῐν rhêsĭn |
ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe |
ῥήσῐᾰς / ῥήσηᾰς / ῥήσῑς rhḗsĭăs / rhḗsēăs / rhḗsīs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ |
ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe |
ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsĭes / rhḗsēes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ῥῆσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ῥῆσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter