ἀρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is common to other technical terms like δοκίς (dokís, “beam”) and σανίς (sanís, “board; plank”) but the origin is still unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rís/ → /aˈris/ → /aˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈris/

Noun

ἀρῐ́ς • (arĭ́s) f (genitive ἀρῐ́δος); third declension

1. bow drill

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ρῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̓ρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ρῐ́ς hē ărĭ́s	τὼ ᾰ̓ρῐ́δε tṑ ărĭ́de	αἱ ᾰ̓ρῐ́δες hai ărĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ρῐ́δος tês ărĭ́dos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῐ́δοιν toîn ărĭ́doin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρῐ́δων tôn ărĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ρῐ́δῐ tēî ărĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῐ́δοιν toîn ărĭ́doin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ρῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓ρῐ́σῐν taîs ărĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ρῐ́δᾰ tḕn ărĭ́dă	τὼ ᾰ̓ρῐ́δε tṑ ărĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ărĭ́dăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρῐ́ ărĭ́	ᾰ̓ρῐ́δε ărĭ́de	ᾰ̓ρῐ́δες ărĭ́des
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 *-δς (*-ds).

Further reading

• “ἀρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• 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