ἄρυσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔρυσος (érusos)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ἀρύω (arúō, “to draw water”), but it is improbable. In view of the suffix and the vowel variation "α/ε", the word is probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ry.sos/ → /ˈa.ry.sos/ → /ˈa.ri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ry.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.sos/

Noun

ἄρῠσος • (árusos) m (genitive ἀρῠ́σου); second declension

1. wicker basket

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρῠσος; τοῦ ἀρῠ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρῠσος ho árusos	τὼ ἀρῠ́σω tṑ arúsō	οἱ ἄρῠσοι hoi árusoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρῠ́σου toû arúsou	τοῖν ἀρῠ́σοιν toîn arúsoin	τῶν ἀρῠ́σων tôn arúsōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρῠ́σῳ tôi arúsōi	τοῖν ἀρῠ́σοιν toîn arúsoin	τοῖς ἀρῠ́σοις toîs arúsois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρῠσον tòn áruson	τὼ ἀρῠ́σω tṑ arúsō	τοὺς ἀρῠ́σους toùs arúsous
Vocative	ἄρῠσε áruse	ἀρῠ́σω arúsō	ἄρῠσοι árusoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρυσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN