βίσβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βίσβης (bísbēs)

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Messapic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bíz.bɛː/ → /ˈβiz.βi/ → /ˈviz.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bíz.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiz.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβiz.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.vi/

Noun

βῐ́σβη • (bĭ́sbē) f (genitive βῐ́σβης); first declension

1. (in Messapic) pruning hook, billhook

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῐ́σβη; τῆς βῐ́σβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῐ́σβη hē bĭ́sbē	τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bĭ́sbā	αἱ βῐ́σβαι hai bĭ́sbai
Genitive	τῆς βῐ́σβης tês bĭ́sbēs	τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bĭ́sbain	τῶν βῐσβῶν tôn bĭsbôn
Dative	τῇ βῐ́σβῃ têi bĭ́sbēi	τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bĭ́sbain	ταῖς βῐ́σβαις taîs bĭ́sbais
Accusative	τὴν βῐ́σβην tḕn bĭ́sbēn	τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bĭ́sbā	τᾱ̀ς βῐ́σβᾱς tā̀s bĭ́sbās
Vocative	βῐ́σβη bĭ́sbē	βῐ́σβᾱ bĭ́sbā	βῐ́σβαι bĭ́sbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βισβαῖα (Bisbaîa)

References

• “βίσβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βίσβης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN