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 • (érŭsos) 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 érŭsos	τὼ ἐρῠ́σω tṑ erŭ́sō	οἱ ἔρῠσοι hoi érŭsoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠ́σου toû erŭ́sou	τοῖν ἐρῠ́σοιν toîn erŭ́soin	τῶν ἐρῠ́σων tôn erŭ́sōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠ́σῳ tôi erŭ́sōi	τοῖν ἐρῠ́σοιν toîn erŭ́soin	τοῖς ἐρῠ́σοις toîs erŭ́sois
Accusative	τὸν ἔρῠσον tòn érŭson	τὼ ἐρῠ́σω tṑ erŭ́sō	τοὺς ἐρῠ́σους toùs erŭ́sous
Vocative	ἔρῠσε érŭse	ἐρῠ́σω erŭ́sō	ἔρῠσοι érŭsoi
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