πάνυσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nys.sa/ → /ˈpa.ni.sa/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nys.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.nys.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ni.sa/

Noun

πάνυσσα • (pánussa) f

1. (hapax) twisted band, snood

   Synonyms: στρόφος (stróphos), ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Π:

     πάνυσσα· στρόφος. ἀναδέσμη. οἱ δὲ κειρίαν, ᾗ τὰς τρίχας ἀναλαμβάνουσι

     pánussa; stróphos. anadésmē. hoi dè keirían, hêi tàs tríkhas analambánousi

     pánussa: twisted band, snood; according to some, the swathe with which they tie up their hair

Further reading

• “πάνυσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “πάνυσσα”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• πάνυσσα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• Hesychius' Lexicon: π