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ῥύσις

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *srútis, from *srew- (to flow, stream) +‎ *-tis, equivalent to ῥέω (rhéō, to flow, stream, gush) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Cognate with Sanskrit स्रुति (srúti-, stream, (out)flow, discharge; course, path; drain) and Lithuanian srū́ti (to flow, run (of water); to cover oneself with water).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ῥῠ́σῐς (rhúsisf (genitive ῥῠ́σεως); third declension

  1. flow
  2. the course of a river or stream

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ρύση (rýsi)

References

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634

Further reading

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