βύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βύω (búō, “to stop, to plug”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býz.ma/ → /ˈβyz.ma/ → /ˈviz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.ma/

Noun

βύσμᾰ • (búsma) n (genitive βύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A plug, a bung

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ βῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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