μερίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέρος (méros) +‎ -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μερίς • (merís) f (genitive μερίδος); third declension

  1. part, portion, share, parcel
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:μερίς.
  2. contribution
  3. division, class

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μερῐ́ς; τῆς μερῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μερῐ́ς
hē merĭ́s 		τὼ μερῐ́δε
tṑ merĭ́de 		αἱ μερῐ́δες
hai merĭ́des
Genitive τῆς μερῐ́δος
tês merĭ́dos 		τοῖν μερῐ́δοιν
toîn merĭ́doin 		τῶν μερῐ́δων
tôn merĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ μερῐ́δῐ
tēî merĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν μερῐ́δοιν
toîn merĭ́doin 		ταῖς μερῐ́σῐ / μερῐ́σῐν
taîs merĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μερῐ́δᾰ
tḕn merĭ́dă 		τὼ μερῐ́δε
tṑ merĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς μερῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s merĭ́dăs
Vocative μερῐ́
merĭ́ 		μερῐ́δε
merĭ́de 		μερῐ́δες
merĭ́des
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 *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

  • Greek: μερίδα (merída)
  • →⇒ English: merisis
  • →⇒ English: merithallus
  • → French: méride

Further reading

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