σωρίτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σωρείτης (sōreítēs)
Etymology
From σωρός (sōrós, “heap”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /soˈri.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /soˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /soˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /soˈri.tis/
Noun
σωρῑ́της • (sōrī́tēs) m (genitive σωρῑ́του); first declension
- sorites, a heap of syllogisms, the fallacy of the heap
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σωρῑ́της ho sōrī́tēs |
τὼ σωρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sōrī́tā |
οἱ σωρῖται hoi sōrîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σωρῑ́του toû sōrī́tou |
τοῖν σωρῑ́ταιν toîn sōrī́tain |
τῶν σωρῑτῶν tôn sōrītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σωρῑ́τῃ tôi sōrī́tēi |
τοῖν σωρῑ́ταιν toîn sōrī́tain |
τοῖς σωρῑ́ταις toîs sōrī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σωρῑ́την tòn sōrī́tēn |
τὼ σωρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sōrī́tā |
τοὺς σωρῑ́τᾱς toùs sōrī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σωρῖτᾰ sōrîta |
σωρῑ́τᾱ sōrī́tā |
σωρῖται sōrîtai | ||||||||||
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References
- “σωρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σωρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette