Ὠρείτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ὠρεός (Ōreós) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.rěː.tɛːs/ → /oˈri.tis/ → /oˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.rěː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈri.tis/

Noun

Ὠρείτης • (Ōreítēs) m (genitive Ὠρείτου); first declension

1. an inhabitant of Oreus
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 11.115

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὠρείτης; τοῦ Ὠρείτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ὠρείτης ho Ōreítēs	τὼ Ὠρείτᾱ tṑ Ōreítā	οἱ Ὠρεῖται hoi Ōreîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ὠρείτου toû Ōreítou	τοῖν Ὠρείταιν toîn Ōreítain	τῶν Ὠρειτῶν tôn Ōreitôn
Dative	τῷ Ὠρείτῃ tôi Ōreítēi	τοῖν Ὠρείταιν toîn Ōreítain	τοῖς Ὠρείταις toîs Ōreítais
Accusative	τὸν Ὠρείτην tòn Ōreítēn	τὼ Ὠρείτᾱ tṑ Ōreítā	τοὺς Ὠρείτᾱς toùs Ōreítās
Vocative	Ὠρεῖτᾰ Ōreîta	Ὠρείτᾱ Ōreítā	Ὠρεῖται Ōreîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ωρείτης (Oreítis)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019