ὀρεύς

Ancient Greek

From ὄρος (óros) + -εύς (-eús). Case-forms show Attic shortening of the original stem ὀρηϝ- (orēw-); see quantitative metathesis.

ὀρεύς • (oreús) m (genitive ὀρέως); third declension

mule, beast of burden
οὐρῆας μὲν πρῶτον ἐπῴχετο καὶ κύνας ἀργούς αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ᾽ αὐτοῖσι βέλος ἐχεπευκὲς ἐφιεὶς βάλλ᾽. (Iliad 1.50)

Attic speakers preferred the term ἡμίονος, though the adjectival form ὀρικός was used in place of ἡμιονικός.

Third declension of ὁ ὀρεύς; τοῦ ὀρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀρεύς ho oreús	τὼ ὀρῆ tṑ orê	οἱ ὀρῆς / ὀρεῖς hoi orês / oreîs
Genitive	τοῦ ὀρέως toû oréōs	τοῖν ὀρέοιν toîn oréoin	τῶν ὀρέων tôn oréōn
Dative	τῷ ὀρεῖ tôi oreî	τοῖν ὀρέοιν toîn oréoin	τοῖς ὀρεῦσῐ / ὀρεῦσῐν toîs oreûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀρέᾱ tòn oréā	τὼ ὀρῆ tṑ orê	τοὺς ὀρέᾱς toùs oréās
Vocative	ὀρεῦ oreû	ὀρῆ orê	ὀρῆς / ὀρεῖς orês / oreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὀρεύς; ὀρῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀρεύς oreús	ὀρῆε orêe	ὀρῆες orêes
Genitive	ὀρῆος / ὀρέος orêos / oréos	ὀρήοιῐν orḗoiin	ὀρήων orḗōn
Dative	ὀρῆῐ̈ / ὀρέῐ̈ orêï / oréï	ὀρήοιῐν orḗoiin	ὀρήεσσῐ / ὀρήεσσῐν / ὀρεῦσῐ / ὀρεῦσῐν orḗessi(n) / oreûsi(n)
Accusative	ὀρῆᾰ / ὀρέᾰ orêa / oréa	ὀρῆε orêe	ὀρῆᾰς orêas
Vocative	ὀρεῦ oreû	ὀρῆε orêe	ὀρῆες orêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.