βύσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býs.sa/ → /ˈβys.sa/ → /ˈvi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbys.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβys.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvys.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ύ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
[This message shows only in preview mode.]

Noun

βῠ́σσᾰ • (bŭ́ssă) f (genitive βῠ́σσης); first declension

1. unknown kind of bird

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῠ́σσᾰ; τῆς βῠ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῠ́σσᾰ hē bŭ́ssă	τὼ βῠ́σσᾱ tṑ bŭ́ssā	αἱ βῠ́σσαι hai bŭ́ssai
Genitive	τῆς βῠ́σσης tês bŭ́ssēs	τοῖν βῠ́σσαιν toîn bŭ́ssain	τῶν βῠσσῶν tôn bŭssôn
Dative	τῇ βῠ́σσῃ têi bŭ́ssēi	τοῖν βῠ́σσαιν toîn bŭ́ssain	ταῖς βῠ́σσαις taîs bŭ́ssais
Accusative	τὴν βῠ́σσᾰν tḕn bŭ́ssăn	τὼ βῠ́σσᾱ tṑ bŭ́ssā	τᾱ̀ς βῠ́σσᾱς tā̀s bŭ́ssās
Vocative	βῠ́σσᾰ bŭ́ssă	βῠ́σσᾱ bŭ́ssā	βῠ́σσαι bŭ́ssai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býs.sa/ → /ˈβys.sa/ → /ˈvi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbys.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβys.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvys.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ύ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
[This message shows only in preview mode.]

Noun

βύσσα • (bússa)

1. Alternative form of βυσσός (bussós)

Further reading

• “βύσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βύσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βύσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βύσσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249