ῥῆσις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϝρῆσις (wrêsis) — Arcadian

Etymology

From stem ῥη- of εἴρω (eírō, “to say”) +‎ -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.sis/ → /ˈri.sis/ → /ˈri.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sis/

Noun

ῥῆσῐς • (rhêsĭs) f (genitive ῥήσεως); third declension

1. speech
2. tale
3. declaration
4. report
5. passage (in a text)
6. manner of speech

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῥῆσῐς; τῆς ῥήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsĭs	τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei	αἱ ῥήσεις hai rhḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ῥήσεως tês rhḗseōs	τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin	τῶν ῥήσεων tôn rhḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήσει têi rhḗsei	τοῖν ῥησέοιν toîn rhēséoin	ταῖς ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν taîs rhḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsĭn	τὼ ῥήσει tṑ rhḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ῥήσεις tā̀s rhḗseis
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ	ῥήσει rhḗsei	ῥήσεις rhḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ῥῆσῐς; τῆς ῥήσῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῆσῐς hē rhêsĭs	τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsĭe	αἱ ῥήσῐες hai rhḗsĭes
Genitive	τῆς ῥήσῐος tês rhḗsĭos	τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsĭ́oin	τῶν ῥησῐ́ων tôn rhēsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήσῑ têi rhḗsī	τοῖν ῥησῐ́οιν toîn rhēsĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν têisĭ(n) rhḗsĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῆσῐν tḕn rhêsĭn	τὼ ῥήσῐε tṑ rhḗsĭe	τᾱ̀ς ῥήσῑς / ῥήσῐᾰς tā̀s rhḗsīs / rhḗsĭăs
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ	ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe	ῥήσῐες rhḗsĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ῥῆσῐς; ῥήσῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥῆσῐς rhêsĭs	ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe	ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsĭes / rhḗsēes
Genitive	ῥήσῐος / ῥήσηος rhḗsĭos / rhḗsēos	ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsĭ́oiĭn	ῥησῐ́ων rhēsĭ́ōn
Dative	ῥήσῐῐ / ῥήσῑ / ῥήσηῐ̈ / ῥήσει rhḗsĭĭ / rhḗsī / rhḗsēĭ̈ / rhḗsei	ῥησῐ́οιῐν rhēsĭ́oiĭn	ῥησῐ́εσσῐ / ῥησῐ́εσσῐν / ῥήσεσῐ / ῥήσεσῐν / ῥήσῐσῐ / ῥήσῐσῐν rhēsĭ́essĭ(n) / rhḗsesĭ(n) / rhḗsĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	ῥῆσῐν rhêsĭn	ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe	ῥήσῐᾰς / ῥήσηᾰς / ῥήσῑς rhḗsĭăs / rhḗsēăs / rhḗsīs
Vocative	ῥῆσῐ rhêsĭ	ῥήσῐε rhḗsĭe	ῥήσῐες / ῥήσηες rhḗsĭes / rhḗsēes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀνάρρησις (anárrhēsis, “proclamation”)
• ἀντίρρησις (antírrhēsis, “counter-statement”)
• ἀρρησία (arrhēsía, “silence”)
• παράρρησις (parárrhēsis, “incorrect expression”)
• παρρησία (parrhēsía, “frankness”)
• πρόρρησις (prórrhēsis)

Further reading

• “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥῆσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ῥῆσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter