Ῥῶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Arabic رُوس (rūs), English Rus, German Russe or Ukrainian Русь (Rusʹ).

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ros/

Noun

Ῥῶς • (Rhôs) m pl (indeclinable) (Byzantine)

Rus
the Russes, the Rus
- Constantine VII, De Administrando Imperio 2.1

Inflection

Declension of οἱ Ῥῶς; τῶν Ῥῶς (Byzantine)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ῥῶς hoi Rhôs
Genitive	τῶν Ῥῶς tôn Rhôs
Dative	τοῖς Ῥῶς toîs Rhôs
Accusative	τοὺς Ῥῶς toùs Rhôs
Vocative	Ῥῶς Rhôs

Derived terms

Ῥωσία (Rhōsía)

References

Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Ῥῶς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 974