φύζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φεύγω (pheúgō, “flee”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰýz.da/ → /ˈɸy.za/ → /ˈfi.za/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰýz.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.za/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.za/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.za/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.za/

Noun

φῠ́ζᾰ • (phúza) f (genitive φῠ́ζης); first declension

1. panicked flight from battle, rout

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῠ́ζᾰ; τῆς φῠ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ φῠ́ζᾰ hē phúza
Genitive	τῆς φῠ́ζης tês phúzēs
Dative	τῇ φῠ́ζῃ têi phúzēi
Accusative	τὴν φῠ́ζᾰν tḕn phúzan
Vocative	φῠ́ζᾰ phúza
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• φύζα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φύζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press