φάσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φάττᾰ (phátta) — Attic

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰás.sa/ → /ˈɸas.sa/ → /ˈfa.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰás.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰas.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸas.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfas.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.sa/

Noun

φᾰ́σσᾰ • (phássa) f (genitive φᾰ́σσης); first declension

1. wood pigeon, ring dove, cushat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φᾰ́σσᾰ; τῆς φᾰ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰ́σσᾰ hē phássa	τὼ φᾰ́σσᾱ tṑ phássā	αἱ φᾰ́σσαι hai phássai
Genitive	τῆς φᾰ́σσης tês phássēs	τοῖν φᾰ́σσαιν toîn phássain	τῶν φᾰσσῶν tôn phassôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰ́σσῃ têi phássēi	τοῖν φᾰ́σσαιν toîn phássain	ταῖς φᾰ́σσαις taîs phássais
Accusative	τὴν φᾰ́σσᾰν tḕn phássan	τὼ φᾰ́σσᾱ tṑ phássā	τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́σσᾱς tā̀s phássās
Vocative	φᾰ́σσᾰ phássa	φᾰ́σσᾱ phássā	φᾰ́σσαι phássai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φάσσιον (phássion)
• φασσοφόνος (phassophónos)

 

Related terms

• φάψ (pháps)

Further reading

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

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.sa/
• Hyphenation: φάσ‧σα

Noun

φάσσα • (fássa) f (plural φάσσες)

1. wood pigeon, Columba palumbus

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	φάσσα (fássa)	φάσσες (fásses)
genitive	φάσσας (fássas)	φασσών (fassón)
accusative	φάσσα (fássa)	φάσσες (fásses)
vocative	φάσσα (fássa)	φάσσες (fásses)

Coordinate terms

• see: περιστέρι f (peristéri, “pigeon, dove”)

Related terms

• φασσοπερίστερο n (fassoperístero, “stock dove”)

Further reading

• φάσσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• φάσσα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.