Ὄασις
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Αὔᾰσῐς (Aúasis)
Etymology
From Demotic wḥj, earlier hieroglyphic
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wḥꜣt (also meaning “cauldron”). Compare Bohairic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi), Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe), and Arabic واحة (wāḥa).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.a.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
Proper noun
Ὄᾰσῐς • (Óasis) f (genitive Ὀᾰ́σεως or Ὀᾰ́σῐος); third declension
- any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.26:
- ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.
- epeidḕ ek tês Oásios taútēs iénai dià tês psámmou epì sphéas, genésthai te autoùs metaxú kou málista autôn te kaì tês Oásios, áriston haireoménoisi autoîsi epipneûsai nóton mégan te kaì exaísion, phoréonta dè thînas tês psámmou katakhôsai sphéas, kaì trópōi toioútōi aphanisthênai.
- ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς hē Óasis |
τὼ Ὀᾰ́σει tṑ Oásei |
αἱ Ὀᾰ́σεις hai Oáseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὀᾰ́σεως tês Oáseōs |
τοῖν Ὀᾰσέοιν toîn Oaséoin |
τῶν Ὀᾰ́σεων tôn Oáseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὀᾰ́σει têi Oásei |
τοῖν Ὀᾰσέοιν toîn Oaséoin |
ταῖς Ὀᾰ́σεσῐ / Ὀᾰ́σεσῐν taîs Oásesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὄᾰσῐν tḕn Óasin |
τὼ Ὀᾰ́σει tṑ Oásei |
τᾱ̀ς Ὀᾰ́σεις tā̀s Oáseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὄᾰσῐ Óasi |
Ὀᾰ́σει Oásei |
Ὀᾰ́σεις Oáseis | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὄᾰσῐς hē Óasis |
τὼ Ὀᾰ́σῐε tṑ Oásie |
αἱ Ὀᾰ́σῐες hai Oásies | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὀᾰ́σῐος tês Oásios |
τοῖν Ὀᾰσῐ́οιν toîn Oasíoin |
τῶν Ὀᾰσῐ́ων tôn Oasíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὀᾰ́σῑ têi Oásī |
τοῖν Ὀᾰσῐ́οιν toîn Oasíoin |
ταῖς Ὀᾰ́σῐσῐ / Ὀᾰ́σῐσῐν taîs Oásisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὄᾰσῐν tḕn Óasin |
τὼ Ὀᾰ́σῐε tṑ Oásie |
τᾱ̀ς Ὀᾰ́σῑς / Ὀᾰ́σῐᾰς tā̀s Oásīs / Oásias | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὄᾰσῐ Óasi |
Ὀᾰ́σῐε Oásie |
Ὀᾰ́σῐες Oásies | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Ὄασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ὄασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ὄασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette