ἕρση
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐέρσα (eérsa) – Doric
- ἐέρση (eérsē)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁uers- (“humidity”). Close to Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā, “rain”), Albanian versë (“dew”), Armenian գայրր (gayrr, “dirt, mud”), and Old Persian باران (bārān, “rain”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hér.sɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ɛr.se/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈer.si/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈer.si/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈer.si/
Noun
ἕρση • (hérsē) f (genitive ἕρσης); first declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἕρση hē hérsē |
τὼ ἕρσᾱ tṑ hérsā |
αἱ ἕρσαι hai hérsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἕρσης tês hérsēs |
τοῖν ἕρσαιν toîn hérsain |
τῶν ἑρσῶν tôn hersôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἕρσῃ têi hérsēi |
τοῖν ἕρσαιν toîn hérsain |
ταῖς ἕρσαις taîs hérsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἕρσην tḕn hérsēn |
τὼ ἕρσᾱ tṑ hérsā |
τᾱ̀ς ἕρσᾱς tā̀s hérsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕρση hérsē |
ἕρσᾱ hérsā |
ἕρσαι hérsai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἑρσαῖος (hersaîos)
- ἑρσήεις (hersḗeis)
- ἑρσηφορία (hersēphoría)
- ἑρσοφόρος (hersophóros)
- ἕρσω (hérsō)
- ἑρσώδης (hersṓdēs)
Synonyms
- δρόσος (drósos)
References
- ἕρση in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἕρση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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