δέρρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dér̥.r̥is/ → /ˈðer.ris/ → /ˈðe.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dér̥.r̥is/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈder.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðer.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðer.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.ris/

Noun

δέρρῐς • (dérrhis) f (genitive δέρρεως); third declension

1. skin, hide
2. leathern covering, curtain
3. (in the plural) screens of skin, hung before fortifications to deaden the enemy's missiles

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δέρρῐς; τῆς δέρρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δέρρῐς hē dérrhis	τὼ δέρρει tṑ dérrhei	αἱ δέρρεις hai dérrheis
Genitive	τῆς δέρρεως tês dérrheōs	τοῖν δερρέοιν toîn derrhéoin	τῶν δέρρεων tôn dérrheōn
Dative	τῇ δέρρει têi dérrhei	τοῖν δερρέοιν toîn derrhéoin	ταῖς δέρρεσῐ / δέρρεσῐν taîs dérrhesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δέρρῐν tḕn dérrhin	τὼ δέρρει tṑ dérrhei	τᾱ̀ς δέρρεις tā̀s dérrheis
Vocative	δέρρῐ dérrhi	δέρρει dérrhei	δέρρεις dérrheis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δερρίδιον (derrhídion)
• δέρριον (dérrhion)
• δερρίσκος (derrhískos)

 

Descendants

• → English: derris

Further reading

• “δέρρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέρρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δέρρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέρρις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)