δέρρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δέρρῐς • (dérrhĭs) 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 dérrĭs 		τὼ δέρρει
tṑ dérrei 		αἱ δέρρεις
hai dérreis
Genitive τῆς δέρρεως
tês dérreōs 		τοῖν δερρέοιν
toîn derréoin 		τῶν δέρρεων
tôn dérreōn
Dative τῇ δέρρει
tēî dérrei 		τοῖν δερρέοιν
toîn derréoin 		ταῖς δέρρεσῐ / δέρρεσῐν
taîs dérresĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν δέρρῐν
tḕn dérrĭn 		τὼ δέρρει
tṑ dérrei 		τᾱ̀ς δέρρεις
tā̀s dérreis
Vocative δέρρῐ
dérrĭ 		δέρρει
dérrei 		δέρρεις
dérreis
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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