σωρίτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σωρείτης (sōreítēs)

Etymology

From σωρός (sōrós, “heap”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /soˈri.tis/ → /soˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈri.tis/

Noun

σωρῑ́της • (sōrī́tēs) m (genitive σωρῑ́του); first declension

1. sorites, a heap of syllogisms, the fallacy of the heap

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σωρῑ́της; τοῦ σωρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σωρῑ́της ho sōrī́tēs	τὼ σωρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sōrī́tā	οἱ σωρῖται hoi sōrîtai
Genitive	τοῦ σωρῑ́του toû sōrī́tou	τοῖν σωρῑ́ταιν toîn sōrī́tain	τῶν σωρῑτῶν tôn sōrītôn
Dative	τῷ σωρῑ́τῃ tôi sōrī́tēi	τοῖν σωρῑ́ταιν toîn sōrī́tain	τοῖς σωρῑ́ταις toîs sōrī́tais
Accusative	τὸν σωρῑ́την tòn sōrī́tēn	τὼ σωρῑ́τᾱ tṑ sōrī́tā	τοὺς σωρῑ́τᾱς toùs sōrī́tās
Vocative	σωρῖτᾰ sōrîta	σωρῑ́τᾱ sōrī́tā	σωρῖται sōrîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σωρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σωρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette