σῶσσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (šu-ši /⁠šūš⁠/, “a unit of sixty”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ːs.sos/ → /ˈsos.sos/ → /ˈso.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ːs.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.sos/

Noun

σῶσσος • (sôssos) m (genitive σώσσου); second declension

1. (in Babylon) sossos, a period of 60 years

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῶσσος; τοῦ σώσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῶσσος ho sôssos	τὼ σώσσω tṑ sṓssō	οἱ σῶσσοι hoi sôssoi
Genitive	τοῦ σώσσου toû sṓssou	τοῖν σώσσοιν toîn sṓssoin	τῶν σώσσων tôn sṓssōn
Dative	τῷ σώσσῳ tôi sṓssōi	τοῖν σώσσοιν toîn sṓssoin	τοῖς σώσσοις toîs sṓssois
Accusative	τὸν σῶσσον tòn sôsson	τὼ σώσσω tṑ sṓssō	τοὺς σώσσους toùs sṓssous
Vocative	σῶσσε sôsse	σώσσω sṓssō	σῶσσοι sôssoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: sossos

See also

• νῆρος (nêros)
• σᾰ́ρος (sáros)

 

Further reading

• σῶσσος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften