Πάρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Luwian 𒉺𒊑𒍣𒋾𒅖 (Parizitis), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (foremost) + 𒍣𒋾𒅖 (“man”). Compare Hittite 𒉺𒊑𒇽 (Pa.ri.LÚ /⁠Parizitis⁠/). By folk etymology connected with πήρα (pḗra, “bag, pouch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.ris/ → /ˈpa.ris/ → /ˈpa.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ris/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́ρῐς • (Páris) m (genitive Πᾰ́ρῐδος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Paris

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Πᾰ́ρῐς; τοῦ Πᾰ́ρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́ρῐς ho Páris
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰ́ρῐδος toû Páridos
Dative	τῷ Πᾰ́ρῐδῐ tôi Páridi
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́ρῐν tòn Párin
Vocative	Πᾰ́ρῐ Pári
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: Πάρις (Páris), Πάριδας (Páridas)
• Latin: Paris

Further reading

• “Πάρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πάρις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020

Greek

Proper noun

Πάρις • (Páris) m

1. Alternative spelling of Πάρης (Páris)