βίσβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βίσβης (bísbēs)

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Messapic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bíz.bɛː/ → /ˈβiz.βi/ → /ˈviz.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bíz.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiz.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβiz.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.vi/

Noun

βῐ́σβη • (bísbē) f (genitive βῐ́σβης); first declension

1. (in Messapic) pruning hook, billhook

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῐ́σβη; τῆς βῐ́σβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῐ́σβη hē bísbē	τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bísbā	αἱ βῐ́σβαι hai bísbai
Genitive	τῆς βῐ́σβης tês bísbēs	τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bísbain	τῶν βῐσβῶν tôn bisbôn
Dative	τῇ βῐ́σβῃ têi bísbēi	τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bísbain	ταῖς βῐ́σβαις taîs bísbais
Accusative	τὴν βῐ́σβην tḕn bísbēn	τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bísbā	τᾱ̀ς βῐ́σβᾱς tā̀s bísbās
Vocative	βῐ́σβη bísbē	βῐ́σβᾱ bísbā	βῐ́σβαι bísbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βισβαῖα (Bisbaîa)

References

• “βίσβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βίσβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN