ἔρυσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Lewy, from the same Semitic source of Hebrew עֲרִיסָה (arisá, “cradle”). Instead, it could be a variant of ἄρυσος (árusos, “wicker basket”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ry.sos/ → /ˈe.ry.sos/ → /ˈe.ri.sos/

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

Noun

ἔρῠσος • (érusos) m (genitive ἐρῠ́σου); second declension

1. kind of basket

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἔρῠσος; τοῦ ἐρῠ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔρῠσος ho érusos	τὼ ἐρῠ́σω tṑ erúsō	οἱ ἔρῠσοι hoi érusoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠ́σου toû erúsou	τοῖν ἐρῠ́σοιν toîn erúsoin	τῶν ἐρῠ́σων tôn erúsōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠ́σῳ tôi erúsōi	τοῖν ἐρῠ́σοιν toîn erúsoin	τοῖς ἐρῠ́σοις toîs erúsois
Accusative	τὸν ἔρῠσον tòn éruson	τὼ ἐρῠ́σω tṑ erúsō	τοὺς ἐρῠ́σους toùs erúsous
Vocative	ἔρῠσε éruse	ἐρῠ́σω erúsō	ἔρῠσοι érusoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 109
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ε