ἐρυσίβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐρυθίβη (eruthíbē)

Etymology

The stem of this word is also found in ἐρύσιμον (erúsimon, “hedge-mustard”) and ἐρυσίπελας (erusípelas, “erysipelas”). Traditionally considered an old s-enlargement of ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”), which can be found in Latin russus (“red, reddish-brown”) and Lithuanian raūsvas (“red”). However, Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin, because of the alternation of σ/θ and the typical long -ῑ-: this hypothesis is supported also by Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.sǐː.bɛː/ → /e.ryˈsi.βi/ → /e.riˈsi.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.sǐː.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈsi.vi/

Noun

ἐρῠσῑ́βη • (erusī́bē) f (genitive ἐρῠσῑ́βης); first declension

1. (botany) rust in corn, mildew

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐρῠσῑ́βη; τῆς ἐρῠσῑ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρῠσῑ́βη hē erusī́bē	τὼ ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ tṑ erusī́bā	αἱ ἐρῠσῖβαι hai erusîbai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρῠσῑ́βης tês erusī́bēs	τοῖν ἐρῠσῑ́βαιν toîn erusī́bain	τῶν ἐρῠσῑβῶν tôn erusībôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρῠσῑ́βῃ têi erusī́bēi	τοῖν ἐρῠσῑ́βαιν toîn erusī́bain	ταῖς ἐρῠσῑ́βαις taîs erusī́bais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρῠσῑ́βην tḕn erusī́bēn	τὼ ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ tṑ erusī́bā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱς tā̀s erusī́bās
Vocative	ἐρῠσῑ́βη erusī́bē	ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ erusī́bā	ἐρῠσῖβαι erusîbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρῠσῑβώδης (erusībṓdēs)
• ἐρῠσῑβᾰ́ω (erusībáō)
• ἐρῠσῑ́βῐος (erusī́bios)

 

Further reading

• “ἐρυσίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρυσίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρυσίβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρυσίβη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467