βύσμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom βύω (búō, “to stop, to plug”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /býz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbyz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβyz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvyz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈviz.ma/
Noun
editβύσμᾰ • (búsma) n (genitive βύσμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ tò búsma |
τὼ βῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ búsmate |
τᾰ̀ βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà búsmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῠ́σμᾰτος toû búsmatos |
τοῖν βῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn busmátoin |
τῶν βῠσμᾰ́των tôn busmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi búsmati |
τοῖν βῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn busmátoin |
τοῖς βῠ́σμᾰσῐ / βῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs búsmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ tò búsma |
τὼ βῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ búsmate |
τᾰ̀ βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà búsmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῠ́σμᾰ búsma |
βῠ́σμᾰτε búsmate |
βῠ́σμᾰτᾰ búsmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “βύσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette