Ὄασις
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 5 February 2016
Alternative forms
- Αὔᾰσῐς (Aúasis)
Etymology
From Demotic wḥj, earlier hieroglyphic
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wḥꜣt (also meaning “cauldron”). Compare Bohairic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ (ouahi), Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe), and Arabic واحة (wāḥa).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.a.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/
Proper noun
Ὄᾰσῐς • (Óasis) f (genitive Ὀᾰ́σεως or Ὀᾰ́σῐος); third declension
- any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.26:
- ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.
- epeidḕ ek tês Oásios taútēs iénai dià tês psámmou epì sphéas, genésthai te autoùs metaxú kou málista autôn te kaì tês Oásios, áriston haireoménoisi autoîsi epipneûsai nóton mégan te kaì exaísion, phoréonta dè thînas tês psámmou katakhôsai sphéas, kaì trópōi toioútōi aphanisthênai.
- ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῆς Ὀάσιος ταύτης ἰέναι διὰ τῆς ψάμμου ἐπὶ σφέας, γενέσθαι τε αὐτοὺς μεταξύ κου μάλιστα αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ὀάσιος, ἄριστον αἱρεομένοισι αὐτοῖσι ἐπιπνεῦσαι νότον μέγαν τε καὶ ἐξαίσιον, φορέοντα δὲ θῖνας τῆς ψάμμου καταχῶσαι σφέας, καὶ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ ἀφανισθῆναι.
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- Αὐᾰσῑ́της (Auasī́tēs)
- Αὐᾰσῖτῐς (Auasîtis)
- Ὀᾰσῖται (Oasîtai)
- Ὀασῐτῐκός (Oasitikós)
Descendants
- → Latin: Oasis (see there for further descendants)
References
- “Ὄασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ὄασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ὄασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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