βύσσινος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From βύσσος (bússos, “flax”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /býs.si.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbys.si.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβys.si.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvys.si.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.si.nos/
Adjective
[edit]βύσσῐνος • (bússĭnos) m (feminine βυσσίνη, neuter βύσσῐνον); first/second declension
- made of flax
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βύσσῐνος bússĭnos |
βυσσῐ́νη bussĭ́nē |
βύσσῐνον bússĭnon |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussĭ́nā |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βύσσῐνοι bússĭnoi |
βύσσῐναι bússĭnai |
βύσσῐνᾰ bússĭnă | |||||
Genitive | βυσσῐ́νου bussĭ́nou |
βυσσῐ́νης bussĭ́nēs |
βυσσῐ́νου bussĭ́nou |
βυσσῐ́νοιν bussĭ́noin |
βυσσῐ́ναιν bussĭ́nain |
βυσσῐ́νοιν bussĭ́noin |
βυσσῐ́νων bussĭ́nōn |
βυσσῐ́νων bussĭ́nōn |
βυσσῐ́νων bussĭ́nōn | |||||
Dative | βυσσῐ́νῳ bussĭ́nōi |
βυσσῐ́νῃ bussĭ́nēi |
βυσσῐ́νῳ bussĭ́nōi |
βυσσῐ́νοιν bussĭ́noin |
βυσσῐ́ναιν bussĭ́nain |
βυσσῐ́νοιν bussĭ́noin |
βυσσῐ́νοις bussĭ́nois |
βυσσῐ́ναις bussĭ́nais |
βυσσῐ́νοις bussĭ́nois | |||||
Accusative | βύσσῐνον bússĭnon |
βυσσῐ́νην bussĭ́nēn |
βύσσῐνον bússĭnon |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussĭ́nā |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βυσσῐ́νους bussĭ́nous |
βυσσῐ́νᾱς bussĭ́nās |
βύσσῐνᾰ bússĭnă | |||||
Vocative | βύσσῐνε bússĭne |
βυσσῐ́νη bussĭ́nē |
βύσσῐνον bússĭnon |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussĭ́nā |
βυσσῐ́νω bussĭ́nō |
βύσσῐνοι bússĭnoi |
βύσσῐναι bússĭnai |
βύσσῐνᾰ bússĭnă | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βυσσῐ́νως bussĭ́nōs |
βυσσῐνώτερος bussĭnṓteros |
βυσσῐνώτᾰτος bussĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Old Armenian: պիսինոն (pisinon)
Further reading
[edit]- “βύσσινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βύσσινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βύσσινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)