Βρυσειαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from βρύση (brúsē, “source, spring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bryː.seː.ǎi̯/ → /βry.siˈɛ/ → /vri.siˈe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bryː.seː.ǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bry.siˈɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βry.siˈɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vry.siˈe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vri.siˈe/

Proper noun

Βρῡσειαί • (Brūseiaí) f pl (genitive Βρῡσειῶν); first declension

1. Bryseae, Laconia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Βρῡσειαί; τῶν Βρῡσειῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Βρῡσειαί hai Brūseiaí
Genitive	τῶν Βρῡσειῶν tôn Brūseiôn
Dative	ταῖς Βρῡσειαῖς taîs Brūseiaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Βρῡσειᾱ́ς tā̀s Brūseiā́s
Vocative	Βρῡσειαί Brūseiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Brȳseae

Further reading

• Βρυσειαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Βρυσειαί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Βρυσειαί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)