ῥῆσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϝρῆσις (wrêsis) — Arcadian

Etymology

From stem ῥη- of εἴρω (eírō, “to say”) +‎ -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.sis/ → /ˈri.sis/ → /ˈri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/

Noun

ῥῆσῐς • (rhêsis) f (genitive ῥήσεως); third declension

1. speech
2. tale
3. declaration
4. report
5. passage (in a text)
6. manner of speech

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῥῆσῐς; τῆς ῥήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsis	τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei	αἱ ῥήσεις hai rhḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ῥήσεως tês rhḗseōs	τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin	τῶν ῥήσεων tôn rhḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήσει têi rhḗsei	τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin	ταῖς ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν taîs rhḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsin	τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ῥήσεις tā̀s rhḗseis
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsi	ῥήσει rhḗsei	ῥήσεις rhḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ῥῆσῐς; τῆς ῥήσῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsis	τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsie	αἱ ῥήσῐες hai rhḗsies
Genitive	τῆς ῥήσῐος tês rhḗsios	τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsíoin	τῶν ῥησῐ́ων tôn rhēsíōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήσῑ têi rhḗsī	τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν têisi(n) rhḗsisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsin	τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsie	τᾱ̀ς ῥήσῑς / ῥήσῐᾰς tā̀s rhḗsīs / rhḗsias
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsi	ῥήσῐε rhḗsie	ῥήσῐες rhḗsies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ῥῆσῐς; ῥήσῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥῆσῐς rhêsis	ῥήσῐε rhḗsie	ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsies / rhḗsēes
Genitive	ῥήσῐος / ῥήσηος rhḗsios / rhḗsēos	ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsíoiin	ῥησῐ́ων rhēsíōn
Dative	ῥήσῐῐ / ῥήσῑ / ῥήσηῐ̈ / ῥήσει rhḗsii / rhḗsī / rhḗsēï / rhḗsei	ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsíoiin	ῥησῐ́εσσῐ / ῥησῐ́εσσῐν / ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν / ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν rhēsíessi(n) / rhḗsesi(n) / rhḗsisi(n)
Accusative	ῥῆσῐν rhêsin	ῥήσῐε rhḗsie	ῥήσῐᾰς / ῥήσηᾰς / ῥήσῑς rhḗsias / rhḗsēas / rhḗsīs
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsi	ῥήσῐε rhḗsie	ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsies / rhḗsēes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀνάρρησις (anárrhēsis, “proclamation”)
• ἀντίρρησις (antírrhēsis, “counter-statement”)
• ἀρρησία (arrhēsía, “silence”)
• παράρρησις (parárrhēsis, “incorrect expression”)
• παρρησία (parrhēsía, “frankness”)
• πρόρρησις (prórrhēsis)

 

Further reading

• “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥῆσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ῥῆσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter