Ῥῶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Arabic رُوس (rūs), English Rus, German Russe or Ukrainian Русь (Rusʹ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ros/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ros/

Noun

Ῥῶς • (Rhôs) m pl (indeclinable) (Byzantine)

1. Rus
2. the Russes, the Rus
   • Constantine VII, De Administrando Imperio 2.1

Inflection

Declension of οἱ Ῥῶς; τῶν Ῥῶς (Byzantine)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ῥῶς hoi Rhôs
Genitive	τῶν Ῥῶς tôn Rhôs
Dative	τοῖς Ῥῶς toîs Rhôs
Accusative	τοὺς Ῥῶς toùs Rhôs
Vocative	Ῥῶς Rhôs

Derived terms

• Ῥωσία (Rhōsía)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Ῥῶς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 974