φυστή
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From φῦσα (phûsa, “wind, flatus”) + -τος (-tos). See φῦσα for more cognates, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pus- (“to blow, swell”), imitative of the sound of dough rising and blowing during baking.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰys.tɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰysˈte̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸysˈti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fysˈti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fisˈti/
Noun edit
φυστή • (phustḗ) f (genitive φυστῆς); first declension
- a light pastry, type of barley cake whereof the dough has been kneaded only lightly
- φυστή (μᾶζα) ― phustḗ (mâza) ― puffy barley cake
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φυστή hē phustḗ |
τὼ φυστᾱ́ tṑ phustā́ |
αἱ φυσταί hai phustaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φυστῆς tês phustês |
τοῖν φυσταῖν toîn phustaîn |
τῶν φυστῶν tôn phustôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φυστῇ têi phustêi |
τοῖν φυσταῖν toîn phustaîn |
ταῖς φυσταῖς taîs phustaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φυστήν tḕn phustḗn |
τὼ φυστᾱ́ tṑ phustā́ |
τᾱ̀ς φυστᾱ́ς tā̀s phustā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | φυστή phustḗ |
φυστᾱ́ phustā́ |
φυσταί phustaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “φυστή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press