"ὀρεύς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὀρεύς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /o.rěu̯s/, /oˈreɸs/, /oˈrefs/, /o.rěu̯s/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /oˈrews/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /oˈreɸs/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /oˈrefs/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /oˈrefs/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ὄρος (óros) + -εύς (-eús). Case-forms show Attic shortening of the original stem ὀρηϝ- (orēw-); see quantitative metathesis. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ὄρος}} ὄρος (óros), {{m|grc|-εύς|}} -εύς (-eús), {{grc-att}} Attic, {{m|grc||ὀρηϝ-}} ὀρηϝ- (orēw-) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὀρέως|m|third}} ὀρεύς • (oreús) m (genitive ὀρέως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὀρεύς|ὀρέως|NP=ὀρῆς, ὀρεῖς|form=M-full}}, {{grc-decl|ὀρεύς|ὀρέως|dial=epi|form=M-full}} Forms: oreús [romanization], ὀρέως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ὀρεύς [nominative, singular], τὼ ὀρῆ [dual, nominative], οἱ ὀρῆς [nominative, plural], ὀρεῖς [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὀρέως [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὀρέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὀρέων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὀρεῖ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὀρέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὀρεῦσῐ [dative, plural], ὀρεῦσῐν [dative, plural], toîs oreûsi [dative, plural], toîs oreûsin [dative, plural], τὸν ὀρέᾱ [accusative, singular], τὼ ὀρῆ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὀρέᾱς [accusative, plural], ὀρεῦ [singular, vocative], ὀρῆ [dual, vocative], ὀρῆς [plural, vocative], ὀρεῖς [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], ὀρεύς [nominative, singular], ὀρῆε [dual, nominative], ὀρῆες [nominative, plural], ὀρῆος [genitive, singular], ὀρέος [genitive, singular], ὀρήοιῐν [dual, genitive], ὀρήων [genitive, plural], ὀρῆῐ̈ [dative, singular], ὀρέῐ̈ [dative, singular], ὀρήοιῐν [dative, dual], ὀρήεσσῐ [dative, plural], ὀρήεσσῐν [dative, plural], ὀρεῦσῐ [dative, plural], ὀρεῦσῐν [dative, plural], orḗessi [dative, plural], orḗessin [dative, plural], oreûsi [dative, plural], oreûsin [dative, plural], ὀρῆᾰ [accusative, singular], ὀρέᾰ [accusative, singular], ὀρῆε [accusative, dual], ὀρῆᾰς [accusative, plural], ὀρεῦ [singular, vocative], ὀρῆε [dual, vocative], ὀρῆες [plural, vocative]
  1. mule, beast of burden Wikipedia link: quantitative metathesis Synonyms: οὐρεύς (oureús) [Ionic], Epic Derived forms: ὀρεωκόμος (oreōkómos)

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      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      ]
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      "form": "ὀρεῦσῐν",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "orḗessi",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orḗessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "oreûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "oreûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "ὀρέᾰ",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "grc",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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          "roman": "oreōkómos",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Awful... well, it takes all kinds of shapes:\nat one time it was a cow, just now it was a mule, and then again a woman, / a very youthful one.",
          "ref": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 289–291",
          "roman": "totè mén ge boûs, nunì d' oreús, totè d' aû gunḕ / hōraiotátē tis.",
          "text": "δεινόν: παντοδαπὸν γοῦν γίγνεται\nτοτὲ μέν γε βοῦς, νυνὶ δ' ὀρεύς, τοτὲ δ' αὖ γυνὴ / ὡραιοτάτη τις.\ndeinón: pantodapòn goûn gígnetai"
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          "word": "Epic"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/o.rěu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈreɸs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/o.rěu̯s/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/oˈrews/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/oˈreɸs/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs oreûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs oreûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ὀρέᾱ",
      "roman": "tòn oréā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ὀρῆ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ὀρέᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs oréās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῦ",
      "roman": "oreû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆ",
      "roman": "orê",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆς",
      "roman": "orês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῖς",
      "roman": "oreîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεύς",
      "roman": "oreús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆε",
      "roman": "orêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆες",
      "roman": "orêes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆος",
      "roman": "orêos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρέος",
      "roman": "oréos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρήοιῐν",
      "roman": "orḗoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρήων",
      "roman": "orḗōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆῐ̈",
      "roman": "orêï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρέῐ̈",
      "roman": "oréï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρήοιῐν",
      "roman": "orḗoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρήεσσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρήεσσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῦσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orḗessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orḗessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oreûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oreûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆᾰ",
      "roman": "orêa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρέᾰ",
      "roman": "oréa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆε",
      "roman": "orêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆᾰς",
      "roman": "orêas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρεῦ",
      "roman": "oreû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆε",
      "roman": "orêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὀρῆες",
      "roman": "orêes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀρέως",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ὀρεύς • (oreús) m (genitive ὀρέως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀρεύς",
        "2": "ὀρέως",
        "NP": "ὀρῆς, ὀρεῖς",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ὀρεύς",
        "2": "ὀρέως",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "M-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Awful... well, it takes all kinds of shapes:\nat one time it was a cow, just now it was a mule, and then again a woman, / a very youthful one.",
          "ref": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 289–291",
          "roman": "totè mén ge boûs, nunì d' oreús, totè d' aû gunḕ / hōraiotátē tis.",
          "text": "δεινόν: παντοδαπὸν γοῦν γίγνεται\nτοτὲ μέν γε βοῦς, νυνὶ δ' ὀρεύς, τοτὲ δ' αὖ γυνὴ / ὡραιοτάτη τις.\ndeinón: pantodapòn goûn gígnetai"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mule, beast of burden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mule",
          "mule"
        ],
        [
          "beast of burden",
          "beast of burden"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "quantitative metathesis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o.rěu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈreɸs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/o.rěu̯s/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrews/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈreɸs/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈrefs/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "oureús",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "οὐρεύς"
    },
    {
      "word": "Epic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὀρεύς"
}

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