δειράς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δηρᾰ́ς (dērás) — Cretan
• δειρᾰ́ρ (deirár) — Laconian

Etymology

Liddell and Scott propose Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad) as a cognate. However, Pokorny argues for an origin from Proto-Indo-European *gʷer-, citing Sanskrit गिरि (giri) as a cognate. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deː.rás/ → /ðiˈras/ → /ðiˈras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /deː.rás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈras/

Noun

δειρᾰ́ς • (deirás) f (genitive δειρᾰ́δος); third declension

1. The ridge of a column of hills

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δειρᾰ́ς; τῆς δειρᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δειρᾰ́ς hē deirás	τὼ δειρᾰ́δε tṑ deiráde	αἱ δειρᾰ́δες hai deirádes
Genitive	τῆς δειρᾰ́δος tês deirádos	τοῖν δειρᾰ́δοιν toîn deirádoin	τῶν δειρᾰ́δων tôn deirádōn
Dative	τῇ δειρᾰ́δῐ têi deirádi	τοῖν δειρᾰ́δοιν toîn deirádoin	ταῖς δειρᾰ́σῐ / δειρᾰ́σῐν taîs deirási(n)
Accusative	τὴν δειρᾰ́δᾰ tḕn deiráda	τὼ δειρᾰ́δε tṑ deiráde	τᾱ̀ς δειρᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s deirádas
Vocative	δειρᾰ́ς deirás	δειρᾰ́δε deiráde	δειρᾰ́δες deirádes
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

• πολυδειράς (poludeirás)

 

References

• “δειράς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δειράς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δειράς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δειράς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δειράς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ridge idem, page 713.