ἄρυσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔρυσος (érusos)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ἀρύω (arúō, “to draw water”), but it is improbable. In view of the suffix and the vowel variation "α/ε", the word is probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ry.sos/ → /ˈa.ry.sos/ → /ˈa.ri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ry.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ry.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.sos/

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Noun

ἄρῠσος • (árŭsos) m (genitive ἀρῠ́σου); second declension

1. wicker basket

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρῠσος; τοῦ ἀρῠ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρῠσος ho árŭsos	τὼ ἀρῠ́σω tṑ arŭ́sō	οἱ ἄρῠσοι hoi árŭsoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρῠ́σου toû arŭ́sou	τοῖν ἀρῠ́σοιν toîn arŭ́soin	τῶν ἀρῠ́σων tôn arŭ́sōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρῠ́σῳ tôi arŭ́sōi	τοῖν ἀρῠ́σοιν toîn arŭ́soin	τοῖς ἀρῠ́σοις toîs arŭ́sois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρῠσον tòn árŭson	τὼ ἀρῠ́σω tṑ arŭ́sō	τοὺς ἀρῠ́σους toùs arŭ́sous
Vocative	ἄρῠσε árŭse	ἀρῠ́σω arŭ́sō	ἄρῠσοι árŭsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρυσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN