ῥανίς

See also: ρανίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαίνω (rhaínō, “sprinkle”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥᾰνῐ́ς • (rhanís) f (genitive ῥᾰνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. a drop
    Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), σταγών (stagṓn), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
    1. semen
      • Palatine Anthology, 10.45
    2. (figuratively) drop, spot

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς ῥᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰνῐ́ς
hē rhanís		 τὼ ῥᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ rhaníde		 αἱ ῥᾰνῐ́δες
hai rhanídes
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰνῐ́δος
tês rhanídos		 τοῖν ῥᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn rhanídoin		 τῶν ῥᾰνῐ́δων
tôn rhanídōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰνῐ́δῐ
têi rhanídi		 τοῖν ῥᾰνῐ́δοιν
toîn rhanídoin		 ταῖς ῥᾰνῐ́σῐ / ῥᾰνῐ́σῐν
taîs rhanísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰνῐ́δᾰ
tḕn rhanída		 τὼ ῥᾰνῐ́δε
tṑ rhaníde		 τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰνῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s rhanídas
Vocative ῥᾰνῐ́ς
rhanís		 ῥᾰνῐ́δε
rhaníde		 ῥᾰνῐ́δες
rhanídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: ρανίδα (ranída)

Further reading
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