Ὀροίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian, possibly derived from *arvāʰ (“swift”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.rǒi̯.tɛːs/ → /oˈry.tis/ → /oˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rǒi̯.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈry.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈry.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈry.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈri.tis/

Proper noun

Ὀροίτης • (Oroítēs) m (genitive Ὀροίτου); third declension

1. a male given name from Old Persian: Oroetes, satrap of Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὀροίτης; τοῦ Ὀροίτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀροίτης ho Oroítēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀροίτου toû Oroítou
Dative	τῷ Ὀροίτῃ tôi Oroítēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀροίτην tòn Oroítēn
Vocative	Ὀροῖτᾰ Oroîta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Oroetēs

Further reading

• Ὀροίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette