λύσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λύττᾰ (lútta) – Attic

Etymology

Also see λῠ́κος m (lúkos, “wolf”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lýs.sa/ → /ˈlys.sa/ → /ˈli.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lýs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlys.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlys.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlys.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.sa/

Noun

λύσσᾰ • (lússa) f (genitive λύσσης); first declension

1. rage, fury
2. mania, raging madness
   1. fanaticism
3. rabies (of dogs)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῠ́σσᾰ; τῆς λῠ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠ́σσᾰ hē lússa	τὼ λῠ́σσᾱ tṑ lússā	αἱ λῠ́σσαι hai lússai
Genitive	τῆς λῠ́σσης tês lússēs	τοῖν λῠ́σσαιν toîn lússain	τῶν λῠσσῶν tôn lussôn
Dative	τῇ λῠ́σσῃ têi lússēi	τοῖν λῠ́σσαιν toîn lússain	ταῖς λῠ́σσαις taîs lússais
Accusative	τὴν λῠ́σσᾰν tḕn lússan	τὼ λῠ́σσᾱ tṑ lússā	τᾱ̀ς λῠ́σσᾱς tā̀s lússās
Vocative	λῠ́σσᾰ lússa	λῠ́σσᾱ lússā	λῠ́σσαι lússai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

λυσσ- also see λῠ́κος (lúkos, “wolf”)

Related terms

• ἄλυσσον n (ἄlysson, “madwort”)
• ἄλυσσος (ἄlyssos, “curing madness”)
• ἀλύσσω (ἀlýsso, “be uneasy, restless”)
• ἐκλυσσάω (ἐklyssáo, “be raging”)
• κῠνόλυσσος m (kῠnólyssos, “hydrophobia”) / κῠνόλυσσον n
• λυσσαίνω (lyssaíno, “rave”)
• λυσσαλέος (lyssaléos, “raging mad”)
• λυσσάς f (lyssás, “raging mad”)
• λυσσάω (lyssáo, “I am raging”)
• λυσσηδόν (lyssidón, “furiously, madly”, adverb)
• λυσσήεις (lyssíeis, “like madness, maniac”)
• λύσσημα n (lýssima, “fit of madness”)
• λυσσήρης (lyssíris, “raging mad”)
• λυσσητήρ (lyssitír, “one that is raging”)
• λυσσητής (lyssitís, “one that is raging”)
• λυσσητικός (lyssitikós, “driving mad”)
• λυσσόδηκτος (lyssódiktos, “bitten by a mad dog”)
• λυσσοδίωκτος (lyssodíoktos, “pursued by madness”)
• λυσσομανέω (lyssomanéo, “rage, rave”)
• λυσσομανής (lyssomanís, “raving mad”)
• λυσσομανίᾰ f (lyssomaníᾰ, “paroxysm of madness”)
• λυσσόω (lyssóo, “enrage, madden”)
• λυσσώδης (lyssódis, “like one raging, frantic”)
• λυσσῶπις f (lyssῶpis, “with frantic glance”)
• προλυσσάω (prolyssáo, “advance raging”)
• προσλυσσάω (proslyssáo, “rage against”)
• συλλυσσάομαι (syllyssáomai, “go mad with”)
• ὑπολυσσάω (ὑpolyssáo, “have a kind of madness”)

Descendants

• → English: lyssa (learned)
• → German: Lyssa (learned)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύσσα (lússa), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisa/
• Hyphenation: λύσ‧σα

Noun

λύσσα • (lýssa) f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) rabies (animal and human disease caused by species of Lyssavirus)

   Φύγε μακριά απ’ αυτό το σκυλί· έχει λύσσα και αν σε δαγκώσει, τελείωσες.

   Fýge makriá ap’ aftó to skylí; échei lýssa kai an se dagkósei, teleíoses.

   Get away from that dog; it has rabies and if it bites you, you're finished.

2. (figuratively) rage, fierceness, fury

   Η θάλασσα χτυπούσε με λύσσα πάνω στα βράχια.

   I thálassa chtypoúse me lýssa páno sta vráchia.

   The sea bashed the rocks with fury.

   Synonyms: οργή (orgí), τρέλα (tréla), μανία (manía), ορμητικότητα (ormitikótita), αλλοφροσύνη (allofrosýni)

3. (figuratively, followed by με (me) or για (gia)) obsession with/for, mania with/for

   Έχω λύσσα για τον τζόγο.

   Écho lýssa gia ton tzógo.

   I am obsessed with gambling.

   Synonym: μανία (manía)

4. overly salty food

   Αυτά τα μπιφτέκια είναι λύσσα.

   Aftá ta biftékia eínai lýssa.

   These burgers are way too salty.

5. great hunger

   Ας βρούμε κάνα εστιατόριο, έχω λύσσα.

   As vroúme kána estiatório, écho lýssa.

   Let's find a restaurant, I'm famished.

Declension

  λύσσα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	λύσσα •
genitive	λύσσας •
accusative	λύσσα •
vocative	λύσσα •

Derived terms

Expressions

• έφαγα τα λυσσιακά μου (éfaga ta lyssiaká mou)
• λύσσαξα να (lýssaxa na)
• με έπιασε λύσσα κακιά (me épiase lýssa kakiá)
• με λύσσαξαν στο ξύλο (me lýssaxan sto xýlo)

 

Related terms

• and see: λύκος m (lýkos, “wolf”)
• and see: λύχνος m (lýchnos, “lamp”)
• αντιλυσσικός (antilyssikós, “anti-rabic”, adjective)
• λυσσαλέος (lyssaléos, “rabid, furious”, adjective)
• λυσσάρης (lyssáris, “rabid”, adjective)
• λυσσάρικος (lyssárikos, “rabid”, adjective)
• λυσσασμένος (lyssasménos, “rabid”, participle)
• λυσσάω (lyssáo, “to go rabid, to be furious”)
• λυσσιακά n pl (lyssiaká)
• λυσσιατρείο n (lyssiatreío, “rabies clinic”)
• λυσσίατρος m or f (lyssíatros, “rabies doctor”)
• λυσσμανάω (lyssmanáo)
• λυσσώδης (lyssódis, “frantic”, adjective)
• ψωμόλυσσα f (psomólyssa, “extreme hunger”)

 

Verb

λύσσα • (lýssa)

1. 2nd person singular present imperfective imperative form of λυσσάω (lyssáo).

   Alternative form: λύσσαγε (lýssage)

2. 2nd person singular simple past perfective imperative form of λυσσάω (lyssáo).

   Alternative form: λύσσαξε (lýssaxe)

Further reading

• λύσσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el