λισσάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root of λισσός (lissós, “smooth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lis.sás/ → /lisˈsas/ → /liˈsas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lis.sás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈsas/

Noun

λῐσσᾰ́ς • (lĭssắs) f (genitive λῐσσᾰ́δος); third declension

1. bare, smooth cliff

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῐσσᾰ́ς; τῆς λῐσσᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐσσᾰ́ς hē lĭssắs	τὼ λῐσσᾰ́δε tṑ lĭssắde	αἱ λῐσσᾰ́δες hai lĭssắdes
Genitive	τῆς λῐσσᾰ́δος tês lĭssắdos	τοῖν λῐσσᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭssắdoin	τῶν λῐσσᾰ́δων tôn lĭssắdōn
Dative	τῇ λῐσσᾰ́δῐ têi lĭssắdĭ	τοῖν λῐσσᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭssắdoin	ταῖς λῐσσᾰ́σῐ / λῐσσᾰ́σῐν taîs lĭssắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐσσᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lĭssắdă	τὼ λῐσσᾰ́δε tṑ lĭssắde	τᾱ̀ς λῐσσᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lĭssắdăs
Vocative	λῐσσᾰ́ς lĭssắs	λῐσσᾰ́δε lĭssắde	λῐσσᾰ́δες lĭssắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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