άβυσσος

See also: ἄβυσσος

Greek

Alternative forms

colloquial, vernacular:

• άβυσσος as masculine
• άβυσσο f (ávysso)

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). For the scientific term, semantic loan from English abyss or French abysse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.sos/
• Hyphenation: ά‧βυσ‧σος

Noun

άβυσσος • (ávyssos) f (plural άβυσσοι)

1. abyss, deep chasm
2. (oceanography) abyss, abyssal zone
3. chaos
4. (figuratively) deep despair when facing the abyss of extinction or death

Declension

Declension of άβυσσος

	singular	plural
nominative	άβυσσος •	άβυσσοι •
genitive	αβύσσου •	αβύσσων •
accusative	άβυσσο •	αβύσσους •
vocative	άβυσσε •,  άβυσσο •	άβυσσοι •

Derived terms

• άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου (ávyssos i psychí tou anthrópou, “there's nowt so queer as folk”, literally “an abyss [is] the soul of man”)
• στο χείλος της αβύσσου (sto cheílos tis avýssou, “on the brink of the abyss”)

Related terms

• άβυθος (ávythos, “without seabed”)
• αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos, “deep, abyssal, bottomless”)
• βυσσοδομώ (vyssodomó)
• * and see: βυθός (vythós) & the ancient βυσσός (bussós)