άβυσσος

See also: ἄβυσσος

Greek

Noun

άβυσσος • (ávyssos) f (plural άβυσσοι)

1. abyss, deep chasm
2. (figuratively) deep despair

Declension

Declension of άβυσσος

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

Related terms

• αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos, “deep, abyssal, bottomless”)

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”)