Λίσσος

See also: λισσός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.sos/ → /ˈlis.sos/ → /ˈli.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.sos/

Etymology 1

Found in inscriptions as ΛΙΣΣΙΤΑΝ (LISSITAN), considered to be from λισσός (lissós, “smooth rock”).

Proper noun

Λῐ́σσος • (Líssos) m or f (genitive Λῐ́σσου); second declension

1. Lissus; Lezhë, Albania

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ Λῐ́σσος; τοῦ, τῆς Λῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ Λῐ́σσος ho, hē Líssos
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς Λῐ́σσου toû, tês Líssou
Dative	τῷ, τῇ Λῐ́σσῳ tôi, têi Líssōi
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν Λῐ́σσον tòn, tḕn Lísson
Vocative	Λῐ́σσε Lísse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Lissus

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Λῐ́σσος • (Líssos) m (genitive Λῐ́σσου); second declension

1. Lissus, a river of Thrace mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῐ́σσος; τοῦ Λῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λῐ́σσος ho Líssos
Genitive	τοῦ Λῐ́σσου toû Líssou
Dative	τῷ Λῐ́σσῳ tôi Líssōi
Accusative	τὸν Λῐ́σσον tòn Lísson
Vocative	Λῐ́σσε Lísse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Lissus

Further reading

• Λίσσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette