ἐρυσίβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐρυθίβη (eruthíbē)

Etymology

The stem of this word is also found in ἐρύσιμον (erúsimon, “hedge-mustard”) and ἐρυσίπελας (erusípelas, “erysipelas”). Traditionally considered an old s-enlargement of ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”), which can be found in Latin russus (“red, reddish-brown”) and Lithuanian raūsvas (“red”). However, Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin, because of the alternation of σ/θ and the typical long -ῑ-: this hypothesis is supported also by Beekes.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.sǐː.bɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.be̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.βi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.vi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈsi.vi/

Noun

ἐρῠσῑ́βη • (erŭsī́bē) f (genitive ἐρῠσῑ́βης); first declension

(botany) rust in corn, mildew

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐρῠσῑ́βη; τῆς ἐρῠσῑ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρῠσῑ́βη hē erŭsī́bē	τὼ ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ tṑ erŭsī́bā	αἱ ἐρῠσῖβαι hai erŭsîbai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρῠσῑ́βης tês erŭsī́bēs	τοῖν ἐρῠσῑ́βαιν toîn erŭsī́bain	τῶν ἐρῠσῑβῶν tôn erŭsībôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρῠσῑ́βῃ têi erŭsī́bēi	τοῖν ἐρῠσῑ́βαιν toîn erŭsī́bain	ταῖς ἐρῠσῑ́βαις taîs erŭsī́bais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρῠσῑ́βην tḕn erŭsī́bēn	τὼ ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ tṑ erŭsī́bā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱς tā̀s erŭsī́bās
Vocative	ἐρῠσῑ́βη erŭsī́bē	ἐρῠσῑ́βᾱ erŭsī́bā	ἐρῠσῖβαι erŭsîbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐρῠσῑβᾰ́ω (erŭsībắō)
ἐρῠσῑ́βῐος (erŭsī́bĭos)
ἐρῠσῑβώδης (erŭsībṓdēs)

“ἐρυσίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐρυσίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐρυσίβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρυσίβη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467