ἄβυσσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From α- "not" + βυσσός "depth of the sea"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ábys̚sos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ábys̚sos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /áβys̚sos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ávys̚sos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ávisos/

Adjective

ἄβυσσος m, ἄβυσσος f, ἄβυσσον n; second declension; (abussos)

1. bottomless, boundless
2. unfathomable

Inflection

    Second declension of ἄβυσσος, ἄβυσσον

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄβυσσος	ἄβυσσον		ἀβύσσω	ἀβύσσω		ἄβυσσοι	ἄβυσσα
Genitive	ἀβύσσου	ἀβύσσου		ἀβύσσοιν	ἀβύσσοιν		ἀβύσσων	ἀβύσσων
Dative	ἀβύσσῳ	ἀβύσσῳ		ἀβύσσοιν	ἀβύσσοιν		ἀβύσσοις	ἀβύσσοις
Accusative	ἄβυσσον	ἄβυσσον		ἀβύσσω	ἀβύσσω		ἀβύσσους	ἄβυσσα
Vocative	ἄβυσσε	ἄβυσσον		ἀβύσσω	ἀβύσσω		ἄβυσσοι	ἄβυσσα

Noun

ἄβυσσος (genitive ἀβύσσου) f, second declension; (abussos)

1. bottomless pit, abyss
2. The subterranean world of the dead: abyss

Inflection

Second declension of ἄβυσσος, ἀβύσσου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄβυσσος	τὼ ἀβύσσω	αἱ ἄβυσσοι
Genitive	τῆς ἀβύσσου	τοῖν ἀβύσσοιν	τῶν ἀβύσσων
Dative	τῇ ἀβύσσῳ	τοῖν ἀβύσσοιν	ταῖς ἀβύσσοις
Accusative	τὴν ἄβυσσον	τὼ ἀβύσσω	τὰς ἀβύσσους
Vocative	ἄβυσσε	ἀβύσσω	ἄβυσσοι

References

• ἄβυσσος in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G12