νύσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Beekes suggests a connection to νῠ́σσω (nŭ́ssō, “to thrust; to pierce”), thus *núk-ya (literally “the thrusting one”),^[1] but Jüthner believes the word is of Pre-Greek origin.^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nýs.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/

Noun

νῠ́σσᾰ • (nŭ́ssă) f (genitive νῠ́σσης); first declension

turning post in a racecourse
Synonyms: βᾰλβῑ́ς (bălbī́s), κᾰμπή (kămpḗ), κᾰμπτήρ (kămptḗr)
starting and winning post

Declension

First declension of ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ; τῆς νῠ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ hē nŭ́ssă	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nŭ́ssā	αἱ νῠ́σσαι hai nŭ́ssai
Genitive	τῆς νῠ́σσης tês nŭ́ssēs	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nŭ́ssain	τῶν νῠσσῶν tôn nŭssôn
Dative	τῇ νῠ́σσῃ tēî nŭ́ssēi	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nŭ́ssain	ταῖς νῠ́σσαις taîs nŭ́ssais
Accusative	τὴν νῠ́σσᾰν tḕn nŭ́ssăn	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nŭ́ssā	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́σσᾱς tā̀s nŭ́ssās
Vocative	νῠ́σσᾰ nŭ́ssă	νῠ́σσᾱ nŭ́ssā	νῠ́σσαι nŭ́ssai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of νῠ́σσᾰ; νῠ́σσης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νῠ́σσᾰ nŭ́ssă	νῠ́σσᾱ nŭ́ssā	νῠ́σσαι nŭ́ssai
Genitive	νῠ́σσης nŭ́ssēs	νῠ́σσαιῐ̈ν nŭ́ssaiĭ̈n	νῠσσᾱ́ων / νῠσσέων / νῠσσῶν nŭssā́ōn / nŭsséōn / nŭssôn
Dative	νῠ́σσῃ nŭ́ssēi	νῠ́σσαιῐ̈ν nŭ́ssaiĭ̈n	νῠ́σσῃσῐ / νῠ́σσῃσῐν / νῠ́σσῃς / νῠ́σσαις nŭ́ssēisĭ(n) / nŭ́ssēis / nŭ́ssais
Accusative	νῠ́σσᾰν nŭ́ssăn	νῠ́σσᾱ nŭ́ssā	νῠ́σσᾱς nŭ́ssās
Vocative	νῠ́σσᾰ nŭ́ssă	νῠ́σσᾱ nŭ́ssā	νῠ́σσαι nŭ́ssai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

^ 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, page 1028
^ Jüthner, Julius (1939), “Herkunft und Grundlagen der griechischen Nationalspiele”, in Die Antike (in German), volume 15, pages 231–64