λισσάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root of λισσός (lissós, “smooth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lis.sás/ → /lisˈsas/ → /liˈsas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lis.sás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lisˈsas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈsas/

Noun

λῐσσᾰ́ς • (lissás) f (genitive λῐσσᾰ́δος); third declension

1. bare, smooth cliff

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῐσσᾰ́ς; τῆς λῐσσᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐσσᾰ́ς hē lissás	τὼ λῐσσᾰ́δε tṑ lissáde	αἱ λῐσσᾰ́δες hai lissádes
Genitive	τῆς λῐσσᾰ́δος tês lissádos	τοῖν λῐσσᾰ́δοιν toîn lissádoin	τῶν λῐσσᾰ́δων tôn lissádōn
Dative	τῇ λῐσσᾰ́δῐ têi lissádi	τοῖν λῐσσᾰ́δοιν toîn lissádoin	ταῖς λῐσσᾰ́σῐ / λῐσσᾰ́σῐν taîs lissási(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐσσᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lissáda	τὼ λῐσσᾰ́δε tṑ lissáde	τᾱ̀ς λῐσσᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lissádas
Vocative	λῐσσᾰ́ς lissás	λῐσσᾰ́δε lissáde	λῐσσᾰ́δες lissádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “λισσάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λισσάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette