άβυσσος

See also: ἄβυσσος

Greek

Alternative forms

colloquial, vernacular:

• άβυσσος as masculine
• άβυσσο f (ávysso)

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). For the scientific term, semantic loan from English abyss or French abysse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.sos/
• Hyphenation: ά‧βυσ‧σος

Noun

άβυσσος • (ávyssos) f (plural άβυσσοι)

1. abyss, deep chasm
2. (oceanography) abyss, abyssal zone
3. chaos
4. (figuratively) deep despair when facing the abyss of extinction or death

Declension

declension of άβυσσος

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	άβυσσος •	άβυσσοι •
genitive	αβύσσου •	αβύσσων •
accusative	άβυσσο •	αβύσσους •
vocative	άβυσσε •,  άβυσσο •	άβυσσοι •

Derived terms

• άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου (ávyssos i psychí tou anthrópou, “there's nowt so queer as folk”, literally “an abyss [is] the soul of man”)
• στο χείλος της αβύσσου (sto cheílos tis avýssou, “on the brink of the abyss”)

Related terms

• άβυθος (ávythos, “without seabed”)
• αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos, “deep, abyssal, bottomless”)
• βυσσοδομώ (vyssodomó)
• * and see: βυθός (vythós) & the ancient βυσσός (bussós)