ὄρος

See also ὅρος, and ὀρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• οὖρος (Ionic)

Etymology

Either from ὄρνυμι (ornumi, “I raise”), or possibly directly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros. Compare Sanskrit ऋष्व (r̥ṣvá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [óros]
• (Koine): IPA: [ˈo̞ro̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈoros]

Noun

ὄρος (genitive ὄρεος, ὄρους) n, third declension; (oros)

1. a mountain, hill
2. mountain chain
3. canton, parish

Inflection

Third declension of ὄρος, ὄρεος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄρος	ὄρεε	ὄρεᾰ
Genitive	ὄρεος	ὀρέοιν	ὀρέων
Dative	ὄρεϊ	ὀρέοιν	ὄρεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄρος	ὄρεε	ὄρεᾰ
Vocative	ὄρος	ὄρεε	ὄρεᾰ

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. ὄρεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of ὄρος, ὄρους (contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄρος	ὄρει	ὄρη
Genitive	ὄρους	ὀροῖν	ὀρῶν
Dative	ὄρει	ὀροῖν	ὄρεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄρος	ὄρει	ὄρη
Vocative	ὄρος	ὄρει	ὄρη

The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Beekes Greek etymological dictionary
• Strong’s concordance number: G3735