βύσσινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βύσσος (bússos, “flax”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býs.si.nos/ → /ˈβys.si.nos/ → /ˈvi.si.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býs.si.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbys.si.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβys.si.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvys.si.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.si.nos/

Adjective

βύσσῐνος • (bússinos) m (feminine βυσσίνη, neuter βύσσῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of flax

Inflection

First and second declension of βύσσῐνος; βυσσῐ́νη; βύσσῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βύσσῐνος bússinos	βυσσῐ́νη bussínē	βύσσῐνον bússinon		βυσσῐ́νω bussínō	βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussínā	βυσσῐ́νω bussínō		βύσσῐνοι bússinoi	βύσσῐναι bússinai	βύσσῐνᾰ bússina
Genitive		βυσσῐ́νου bussínou	βυσσῐ́νης bussínēs	βυσσῐ́νου bussínou		βυσσῐ́νοιν bussínoin	βυσσῐ́ναιν bussínain	βυσσῐ́νοιν bussínoin		βυσσῐ́νων bussínōn	βυσσῐ́νων bussínōn	βυσσῐ́νων bussínōn
Dative		βυσσῐ́νῳ bussínōi	βυσσῐ́νῃ bussínēi	βυσσῐ́νῳ bussínōi		βυσσῐ́νοιν bussínoin	βυσσῐ́ναιν bussínain	βυσσῐ́νοιν bussínoin		βυσσῐ́νοις bussínois	βυσσῐ́ναις bussínais	βυσσῐ́νοις bussínois
Accusative		βύσσῐνον bússinon	βυσσῐ́νην bussínēn	βύσσῐνον bússinon		βυσσῐ́νω bussínō	βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussínā	βυσσῐ́νω bussínō		βυσσῐ́νους bussínous	βυσσῐ́νᾱς bussínās	βύσσῐνᾰ bússina
Vocative		βύσσῐνε bússine	βυσσῐ́νη bussínē	βύσσῐνον bússinon		βυσσῐ́νω bussínō	βυσσῐ́νᾱ bussínā	βυσσῐ́νω bussínō		βύσσῐνοι bússinoi	βύσσῐναι bússinai	βύσσῐνᾰ bússina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βυσσῐ́νως bussínōs				βυσσῐνώτερος bussinṓteros				βυσσῐνώτᾰτος bussinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: պիսինոն (pisinon)

Further reading

• “βύσσινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βύσσινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βύσσινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)