Ὄασις

See also: oasis, oásis, Oasis, and OASIS

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 February 2016

Alternative forms

  • Αὔᾰσῐς (Aúasis)

Etymology

From Demotic wḥj, earlier hieroglyphic


wḥꜣt (also meaning “cauldron”). Compare Bohairic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi), Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe), and Arabic واحة (wāḥa).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὄᾰσῐς (Óasis) f (genitive Ὀᾰ́σεως or Ὀᾰ́σῐος); third declension

  1. any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.26
      ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Αὐᾰσῑ́της (Auasī́tēs)
  • Αὐᾰσῖτῐς (Auasîtis)
  • Ὀᾰσῖται (Oasîtai)
  • Ὀασῐτῐκός (Oasitikós)

Descendants

  • Latin: Oasis (see there for further descendants)

References

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