Ὄσιρις

See also: ὄσιρις

Ancient Greek

Ὄσιρις

Alternative forms

• Ὀσειρῐς (Oseirĭs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.siː.ris/ → /ˈo.si.ris/ → /ˈo.si.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.siː.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.ris/

Proper noun

Ὄσῑρῐς • (Ósīrĭs) m (genitive Ὀσῑ́ρῐος or Ὀσῑ́ρεως or Ὀσῑ́ρῐδος); third declension

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (an Egyptian god)

Declension

Third declension of Ὄσῑρῐς; Ὀσῑ́ρῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ὄσῑρῐς Ósīrĭs
Genitive	Ὀσῑ́ρῐος / Ὀσῑ́ρηος Osī́rĭos / Osī́rēos
Dative	Ὀσῑ́ρῐῐ / Ὀσῑ́ρῑ / Ὀσῑ́ρηῐ̈ / Ὀσῑ́ρει Osī́rĭĭ / Osī́rī / Osī́rēĭ̈ / Osī́rei
Accusative	Ὄσῑρῐν Ósīrĭn
Vocative	Ὄσῑρῐ Ósīrĭ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ Ὄσῑρῐς; τοῦ Ὀσῑ́ρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὄσῑρῐς ho Ósīrĭs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀσῑ́ρεως toû Osī́reōs
Dative	τῷ Ὀσῑ́ρει tôi Osī́rei
Accusative	τὸν Ὄσῑρῐν tòn Ósīrĭn
Vocative	Ὄσῑρῐ Ósīrĭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Ὄσῑρῐς; τῆς Ὀσῑ́ρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὄσῑρῐς hē Ósīrĭs
Genitive	τῆς Ὀσῑ́ρῐδος tês Osī́rĭdos
Dative	τῇ Ὀσῑ́ρῐδῐ têi Osī́rĭdĭ
Accusative	τὴν Ὀσῑ́ρῐδᾰ tḕn Osī́rĭdă
Vocative	Ὄσῑρῐς Ósīrĭs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Ὀσῑρεῖον (Osīreîon)
• Ὀσῑρῐᾰ́ζω (Osīrĭắzō)
• Ὀσῑρῐᾰκός (Osīrĭăkós)
• Ὀσῑρῐᾱ́ς (Osīrĭā́s)
• Ὀσῑρῐ́ειον (Osīrĭ́eion)

Descendants

• Greek: Όσιρις (Ósiris)
• → Latin: Osīris

Further reading

• “Ὄσιρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019