Χοῦσαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κοῦσαι (Koûsai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian qjs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰûː.sai̯/ → /ˈxu.sɛ/ → /ˈxu.se/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰûː.sai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰu.sɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxu.sɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxu.se/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxu.se/

Proper noun

Χοῦσαι • (Khoûsai) f pl (genitive Χουσῶν); first declension

1. Cusae; El Quseyya, Egypt

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Χοῦσαι; τῶν Χουσῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Χοῦσαι hai Khoûsai
Genitive	τῶν Χουσῶν tôn Khousôn
Dative	ταῖς Χούσαις taîs Khoúsais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Χούσᾱς tā̀s Khoúsās
Vocative	Χοῦσαι Khoûsai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Cūsae

Further reading

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