βασσάρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bas.sá.raː/ → /βasˈsa.ra/ → /vaˈsa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bas.sá.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /basˈsa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βasˈsa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vasˈsa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈsa.ra/

Noun

βασσάρᾱ • (bassárā) f (genitive βασσάρᾱς); first declension

1. fox
2. The dress of Thracian bacchanals (made of fox skins).
3. (by extension) bacchanal
4. (by extension) courtesan (female)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βασσάρᾱ; τῆς βασσάρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βασσάρᾱ hē bassárā	τὼ βασσάρᾱ tṑ bassárā	αἱ βασσάραι hai bassárai
Genitive	τῆς βασσάρᾱς tês bassárās	τοῖν βασσάραιν toîn bassárain	τῶν βασσαρῶν tôn bassarôn
Dative	τῇ βασσάρᾳ têi bassárāi	τοῖν βασσάραιν toîn bassárain	ταῖς βασσάραις taîs bassárais
Accusative	τὴν βασσάρᾱν tḕn bassárān	τὼ βασσάρᾱ tṑ bassárā	τᾱ̀ς βασσάρᾱς tā̀s bassárās
Vocative	βασσάρᾱ bassárā	βασσάρᾱ bassárā	βασσάραι bassárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (fox): ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲃⲁϣⲟⲣ (bašor), ⲃⲁϣⲁⲣ (bašar)
• → New Latin: bassariscus

References

• “βασσάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βασσάρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)