βύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βύω (búō, “to stop, to plug”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býz.ma/ → /ˈβyz.ma/ → /ˈviz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.ma/

Noun

βύσμᾰ • (búsmă) n (genitive βύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A plug, a bung

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ βῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ tò bŭ́smă	τὼ βῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ bŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ bŭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ βῠ́σμᾰτος toû bŭ́smătos	τοῖν βῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bŭsmắtoin	τῶν βῠσμᾰ́των tôn bŭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ βῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi bŭ́smătĭ	τοῖν βῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bŭsmắtoin	τοῖς βῠ́σμᾰσῐ / βῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs bŭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ tò bŭ́smă	τὼ βῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ bŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ bŭ́smătă
Vocative	βῠ́σμᾰ bŭ́smă	βῠ́σμᾰτε bŭ́smăte	βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ bŭ́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βύσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette