δέρρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δέρρῐς • (dérrhis) f (genitive δέρρεως); third declension

  1. skin, hide
  2. leathern covering, curtain
  3. (in the plural) screens of skin, hung before fortifications to deaden the enemy's missiles

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δέρρῐς; τῆς δέρρεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δέρρῐς
hē dérrhis		 τὼ δέρρει
tṑ dérrhei		 αἱ δέρρεις
hai dérrheis
Genitive τῆς δέρρεως
tês dérrheōs		 τοῖν δερρέοιν
toîn derrhéoin		 τῶν δέρρεων
tôn dérrheōn
Dative τῇ δέρρει
têi dérrhei		 τοῖν δερρέοιν
toîn derrhéoin		 ταῖς δέρρεσῐ / δέρρεσῐν
taîs dérrhesi(n)
Accusative τὴν δέρρῐν
tḕn dérrhin		 τὼ δέρρει
tṑ dérrhei		 τᾱ̀ς δέρρεις
tā̀s dérrheis
Vocative δέρρῐ
dérrhi		 δέρρει
dérrhei		 δέρρεις
dérrheis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • δερρίδιον (derrhídion)
  • δέρριον (dérrhion)
  • δερρίσκος (derrhískos)

Descendants
  • → English: derris

Further reading
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