ἔρις

See also: έρις and Ἔρις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ris/ → /ˈe.ris/ → /ˈe.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ris/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ris/

Etymology 1

Unknown. According to Vasmer a cognate to Sanskrit ऋ॒ति (ṛtí, “assault”) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“struggle, fight”).

Noun

ἔρῐς • (érĭs) f (genitive ἔρῐδος); third declension

1. strife; quarrel (especially of battle)
2. contention; rivalry
3. (Epic) political or domestic strife; discord; quarrel
   1. wordy wrangling, disputation, contention

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἔρῐς; τῆς ἔρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔρῐς hē érĭs	τὼ ἔρῐδε tṑ érĭde	αἱ ἔρῐδες hai érĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἔρῐδος tês érĭdos	τοῖν ἐρῐ́δοιν toîn erĭ́doin	τῶν ἐρῐ́δων tôn erĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἔρῐδῐ tēî érĭdĭ	τοῖν ἐρῐ́δοιν toîn erĭ́doin	ταῖς ἔρῐσῐ / ἔρῐσῐν taîs érĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔρῐν tḕn érĭn	τὼ ἔρῐδε tṑ érĭde	τᾱ̀ς ἔρῐδᾰς tā̀s érĭdăs
Vocative	ἔρῐ érĭ	ἔρῐδε érĭde	ἔρῐδες érĭdes
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).

Third declension of ἔρῐς; ἔρῐδος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔρῐς érĭs	ἔρῐδε érĭde	ἔρῐδες érĭdes
Genitive	ἔρῐδος érĭdos	ἐρῐ́δοιῐ̈ν erĭ́doiĭ̈n	ἐρῐ́δων erĭ́dōn
Dative	ἔρῐδῐ érĭdĭ	ἐρῐ́δοιῐ̈ν erĭ́doiĭ̈n	ἔρῐσῐ / ἔρῐσῐν / ἐρῐ́δεσῐ / ἐρῐ́δεσῐν / ἐρῐ́δεσσῐ / ἐρῐ́δεσσῐν érĭsĭ(n) / erĭ́desĭ(n) / erĭ́dessĭ(n)
Accusative	ἔρῐν / ἔρῐδᾰ érĭn / érĭdă	ἔρῐδε érĭde	ἔρῐδᾰς érĭdăs
Vocative	ἔρῐ érĭ	ἔρῐδε érĭde	ἔρῐδες érĭdes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Third declension of ἡ ἔρῐς; τῆς ἔρῐδος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔρῐς hē érĭs	τὼ ἔρῐδε tṑ érĭde	αἱ ἔρῐδες hai érĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἔρῐδος tês érĭdos	τοῖν ἐρῐ́δοιν toîn erĭ́doin	τῶν ἐρῐ́δων tôn erĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἔρῐδῐ tēî érĭdĭ	τοῖν ἐρῐ́δοιν toîn erĭ́doin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ἔρῐσῐ / ἔρῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) érĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔρῐν / ἔρῐδᾰ tḕn érĭn / érĭdă	τὼ ἔρῐδε tṑ érĭde	τᾱ̀ς ἔρῐδᾰς tā̀s érĭdăs
Vocative	ἔρῐ érĭ	ἔρῐδε érĭde	ἔρῐδες érĭdes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Third declension of ἡ ἔρῐς; τῆς ἔρῐδος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔρῐς hē érĭs	αἱ ἔρῐδες hai érĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἔρῐδος tês érĭdos	τῶν ἐρῐ́δων tôn erĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἔρῐδῐ tēî érĭdĭ	ταῖς ἔρῐσῐ / ἔρῐσῐν taîs érĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔρῐν / ἔρῐδᾰ tḕn érĭn / érĭdă	τᾱ̀ς ἔρῐδᾰς tā̀s érĭdăs
Vocative	ἔρῐ érĭ	ἔρῐδες érĭdes
Notes:	Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Derived terms

• ἐρῐ́ζω (erĭ́zō)
• Ἔρῐς (Érĭs)
• ἐρῐστῐκός (erĭstĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: έριδα (érida)

References

• “ἔρις (Α)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “ἔρις” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἔρις”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Strong, James (1979), “G2054”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altercation idem, page 25.
  • antagonism idem, page 32.
  • antipathy idem, page 32.
  • argument idem, page 39.
  • bickering idem, page 78.
  • brawl idem, page 94.
  • competition idem, page 151.
  • contention idem, page 167.
  • controversy idem, page 170.
  • difference idem, page 223.
  • disagreement idem, page 227.
  • discord idem, page 230.
  • discussion idem, page 232.
  • disputation idem, page 238.
  • dispute idem, page 238.
  • dissension idem, page 239.
  • disunion idem, page 243.
  • emulation idem, page 269.
  • feud idem, page 317.
  • hostility idem, page 407.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • quarrel idem, page 663.
  • rivalry idem, page 718.
  • schism idem, page 739.
  • scramble idem, page 741.
  • split idem, page 803.
  • strife idem, page 825.
  • variance idem, page 944.

Etymology 2

See ἶρῐς (îrĭs, “rainbow”).

Noun

ἔρῐς • (érĭs) f (genitive ἔρῐδος); third declension

1. alternative form of ἶρῐς (îrĭs)

References

• “ἔρις (Β)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Noun

ἔρις • (éris) f

1. Katharevousa form of έρις (éris)