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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formally, it seems to correspond to Sanskrit -dāri- दारि 'splitting' (as a second
member in epic), making it derived from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”) but the Sanskrit word is attested only rather late, which makes the comparison uncertain. See also δέρω
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ̂ː.ris/ → /ˈði.ris/ → /ˈði.ris/
Noun
δῆρις • (dêris) f (genitive δήρῐος); third declension
- battle, combat
Declension
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References
- “δῆρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δῆρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δῆρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δῆρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δῆρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “δῆρις”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.