Βῆσσα

See also: βῆσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βῆσα (Bêsa)

Etymology

From βῆσσα (bêssa, “glen, narrow valley”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̂ːs.sa/ → /ˈβis.sa/ → /ˈvi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̂ːs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe̝s.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/

Proper noun

Βῆσσᾰ • (Bêssa) f (genitive Βήσσης); first declension

1. Bessa (a town in Locris, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βῆσσᾰ; τῆς Βήσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βῆσσᾰ hē Bêssa
Genitive	τῆς Βήσσης tês Bḗssēs
Dative	τῇ Βήσσῃ têi Bḗssēi
Accusative	τὴν Βῆσσᾰν tḕn Bêssan
Vocative	Βῆσσᾰ Bêssa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Bēssa

Further reading

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