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

(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/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ἀ and ί by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

ἀρίς • (arís) f (genitive ἀρίδος); third declension

A bow-drill

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀρῐ́ς; τῆς ἀρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρῐ́ς hē arís	τὼ ἀρῐ́δε tṑ aríde	αἱ ἀρῐ́δες hai arídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀρῐ́δος tês arídos	τοῖν ἀρῐ́δοιν toîn arídoin	τῶν ἀρῐ́δων tôn arídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀρῐ́δῐ têi arídi	τοῖν ἀρῐ́δοιν toîn arídoin	ταῖς ἀρῐ́σῐ / ἀρῐ́σῐν taîs arísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀρῐ́δᾰ tḕn arída	τὼ ἀρῐ́δε tṑ aríde	τᾱ̀ς ἀρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s arídas
Vocative	ἀρῐ́ς arís	ἀρῐ́δε aríde	ἀρῐ́δες arídes
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 *-ds.