βλαισός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλαισός (plaisós)

Etymology

The word shares the formation with γαμψός (gampsós, “curved, crooked”), γαυσός (gausós, “crooked”) and λοξός (loxós, “oblique”). According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek due to the presence of an alternative form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blai̯.sós/ → /βlɛˈsos/ → /vleˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blai̯.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /blɛˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βlɛˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vleˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vleˈsos/

Adjective

βλαισός • (blaisós) m (feminine βλαισή, neuter βλαισόν); first/second declension

1. bent, distorted
2. twisted, crooked
3. splay-footed

Inflection

First and second declension of βλαισός; βλαισή; βλαισόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βλαισός blaisós	βλαισή blaisḗ	βλαισόν blaisón		βλαισώ blaisṓ	βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́	βλαισώ blaisṓ		βλαισοί blaisoí	βλαισαί blaisaí	βλαισᾰ́ blaisá
Genitive		βλαισοῦ blaisoû	βλαισῆς blaisês	βλαισοῦ blaisoû		βλαισοῖν blaisoîn	βλαισαῖν blaisaîn	βλαισοῖν blaisoîn		βλαισῶν blaisôn	βλαισῶν blaisôn	βλαισῶν blaisôn
Dative		βλαισῷ blaisôi	βλαισῇ blaisêi	βλαισῷ blaisôi		βλαισοῖν blaisoîn	βλαισαῖν blaisaîn	βλαισοῖν blaisoîn		βλαισοῖς blaisoîs	βλαισαῖς blaisaîs	βλαισοῖς blaisoîs
Accusative		βλαισόν blaisón	βλαισήν blaisḗn	βλαισόν blaisón		βλαισώ blaisṓ	βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́	βλαισώ blaisṓ		βλαισούς blaisoús	βλαισᾱ́ς blaisā́s	βλαισᾰ́ blaisá
Vocative		βλαισέ blaisé	βλαισή blaisḗ	βλαισόν blaisón		βλαισώ blaisṓ	βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́	βλαισώ blaisṓ		βλαισοί blaisoí	βλαισαί blaisaí	βλαισᾰ́ blaisá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βλαισῶς blaisôs				βλαισότερος blaisóteros				βλαισότᾰτος blaisótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βλαισόομαι (blaisóomai)
• βλαισότης (blaisótēs)
• βλαισώδης (blaisṓdēs)
• βλαίσωσις (blaísōsis)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: blaesus

Further reading

• “βλαισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλαισός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλαισός 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