πίσυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally said to be from the root of πείθω (peíthō), though the derivation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pí.sy.nos/ → /ˈpi.sy.nos/ → /ˈpi.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.sy.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.si.nos/

Adjective

πίσῠνος • (písŭnos) m or f (neuter πίσῠνον); second declension

1. trusting, relying, depending [with dative ‘on’]

Declension

Second declension of πῐ́σῠνος; πῐ́σῠνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῐ́σῠνος pĭ́sŭnos	πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon		πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō	πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō		πῐ́σῠνοι pĭ́sŭnoi	πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă
Genitive		πῐσῠ́νου pĭsŭ́nou	πῐσῠ́νου pĭsŭ́nou		πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin	πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin		πῐσῠ́νων pĭsŭ́nōn	πῐσῠ́νων pĭsŭ́nōn
Dative		πῐσῠ́νῳ pĭsŭ́nōi	πῐσῠ́νῳ pĭsŭ́nōi		πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin	πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin		πῐσῠ́νοις pĭsŭ́nois	πῐσῠ́νοις pĭsŭ́nois
Accusative		πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon	πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon		πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō	πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō		πῐσῠ́νους pĭsŭ́nous	πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă
Vocative		πῐ́σῠνε pĭ́sŭne	πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon		πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō	πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō		πῐ́σῠνοι pĭ́sŭnoi	πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῐσῠ́νως pĭsŭ́nōs			πῐσῠνώτερος pĭsŭnṓteros			πῐσῠνώτᾰτος pĭsŭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πίσυνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πίσυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πίσυνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πίσυνος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πίσυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confident idem, page 158.
  • rely on idem, page 692.
  • trust idem, page 899.