πίσυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally said to be from the root of πείθω (peíthō), though the derivation is unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pí.sy.nos/ → /ˈpi.sy.nos/ → /ˈpi.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.sy.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.si.nos/

Adjective

πίσῠνος • (písunos) m or f (neuter πίσῠνον); second declension

1. trusting, relying, depending [with dative ‘on’]

Declension

Second declension of πῐ́σῠνος; πῐ́σῠνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῐ́σῠνος písunos	πῐ́σῠνον písunon		πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō	πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō		πῐ́σῠνοι písunoi	πῐ́σῠνᾰ písuna
Genitive		πῐσῠ́νου pisúnou	πῐσῠ́νου pisúnou		πῐσῠ́νοιν pisúnoin	πῐσῠ́νοιν pisúnoin		πῐσῠ́νων pisúnōn	πῐσῠ́νων pisúnōn
Dative		πῐσῠ́νῳ pisúnōi	πῐσῠ́νῳ pisúnōi		πῐσῠ́νοιν pisúnoin	πῐσῠ́νοιν pisúnoin		πῐσῠ́νοις pisúnois	πῐσῠ́νοις pisúnois
Accusative		πῐ́σῠνον písunon	πῐ́σῠνον písunon		πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō	πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō		πῐσῠ́νους pisúnous	πῐ́σῠνᾰ písuna
Vocative		πῐ́σῠνε písune	πῐ́σῠνον písunon		πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō	πῐσῠ́νω pisúnō		πῐ́σῠνοι písunoi	πῐ́σῠνᾰ písuna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῐσῠ́νως pisúnōs			πῐσῠνώτερος pisunṓteros			πῐσῠνώτᾰτος pisunṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πίσυνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πίσυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πίσυνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πίσυνος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πίσυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • confident idem, page 158.
  • rely on idem, page 692.
  • trust idem, page 899.