πύσσαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýs.sa.kʰos/ → /ˈpys.sa.xos/ → /ˈpi.sa.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýs.sa.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpys.sa.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpys.sa.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpys.sa.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sa.xos/

Noun

πῠ́σσᾰχος • (pússakhos) m (genitive πῠσσᾰ́χου); second declension

1. muzzle put on calves' noses to prevent their sucking

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῠ́σσᾰχος; τοῦ πῠσσᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠ́σσᾰχος ho pússakhos	τὼ πῠσσᾰ́χω tṑ pussákhō	οἱ πῠ́σσᾰχοι hoi pússakhoi
Genitive	τοῦ πῠσσᾰ́χου toû pussákhou	τοῖν πῠσσᾰ́χοιν toîn pussákhoin	τῶν πῠσσᾰ́χων tôn pussákhōn
Dative	τῷ πῠσσᾰ́χῳ tôi pussákhōi	τοῖν πῠσσᾰ́χοιν toîn pussákhoin	τοῖς πῠσσᾰ́χοις toîs pussákhois
Accusative	τὸν πῠ́σσᾰχον tòn pússakhon	τὼ πῠσσᾰ́χω tṑ pussákhō	τοὺς πῠσσᾰ́χους toùs pussákhous
Vocative	πῠ́σσᾰχε pússakhe	πῠσσᾰ́χω pussákhō	πῠ́σσᾰχοι pússakhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πύσσαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press