Παυσοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pau̯.sǒi̯/ → /paɸˈsy/ → /pafˈsi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pau̯.sǒi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paʍˈsy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paɸˈsy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pafˈsy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pafˈsi/

Noun

Παυσοί • (Pausoí) m pl (genitive Παυσῶν); first declension

1. Pausi, a tribe dwelling near the Caspian Sea mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Παυσοί; τῶν Παυσῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Παυσοί hoi Pausoí
Genitive	τῶν Παυσῶν tôn Pausôn
Dative	τοῖς Παυσοῖς toîs Pausoîs
Accusative	τοὺς Παυσούς toùs Pausoús
Vocative	Παυσοί Pausoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Pausī

Further reading

• Παυσοί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette