νύσσω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to make a push, nod”).[1][2] However, compare ἔγχος (énkhos, “spear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nýs.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnys.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnys.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnys.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.so/
Verb
[edit]νῠ́σσω • (nússō)
- to touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce
- to nudge (with the elbow)
- (figuratively) to sting
- to impinge upon
- (in passive) to suffer lesion
Conjugation
[edit] Present: νῠ́σσω, νῠ́σσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔνῠσσον | ἔνῠσσες | ἔνῠσσε(ν) | ἐνῠ́σσετον | ἐνῠσσέτην | ἐνῠ́σσομεν | ἐνῠ́σσετε | ἔνῠσσον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνῠσσόμην | ἐνῠ́σσου | ἐνῠ́σσετο | ἐνῠ́σσεσθον | ἐνῠσσέσθην | ἐνῠσσόμεθᾰ | ἐνῠ́σσεσθε | ἐνῠ́σσοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νῠ́ξω | νῠ́ξεις | νῠ́ξει | νῠ́ξετον | νῠ́ξετον | νῠ́ξομεν | νῠ́ξετε | νῠ́ξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | νῠ́ξοιμῐ | νῠ́ξοις | νῠ́ξοι | νῠ́ξοιτον | νῠξοίτην | νῠ́ξοιμεν | νῠ́ξοιτε | νῠ́ξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | νῠ́ξομαι | νῠ́ξῃ, νῠ́ξει |
νῠ́ξεται | νῠ́ξεσθον | νῠ́ξεσθον | νῠξόμεθᾰ | νῠ́ξεσθε | νῠ́ξονται | ||||
optative | νῠξοίμην | νῠ́ξοιο | νῠ́ξοιτο | νῠ́ξοισθον | νῠξοίσθην | νῠξοίμεθᾰ | νῠ́ξοισθε | νῠ́ξοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | νῠχθήσομαι | νῠχθήσῃ | νῠχθήσεται | νῠχθήσεσθον | νῠχθήσεσθον | νῠχθησόμεθᾰ | νῠχθήσεσθε | νῠχθήσονται | ||||
optative | νῠχθησοίμην | νῠχθήσοιο | νῠχθήσοιτο | νῠχθήσοισθον | νῠχθησοίσθην | νῠχθησοίμεθᾰ | νῠχθήσοισθε | νῠχθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | νῠ́ξειν | νῠ́ξεσθαι | νῠχθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | νῠ́ξων | νῠξόμενος | νῠχθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | νῠ́ξουσᾰ | νῠξομένη | νῠχθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | νῠ́ξον | νῠξόμενον | νῠχθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νῠ́ξᾰ | νῠ́ξᾰς | νῠ́ξε(ν) | νῠ́ξᾰτον | νῠξᾰ́την | νῠ́ξᾰμεν | νῠ́ξᾰτε | νῠ́ξᾰν | ||||
middle | indicative | νῠξᾰ́μην | νῠ́ξᾰο | νῠ́ξᾰτο | νῠ́ξᾰσθον | νῠξᾰ́σθην | νῠξᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | νῠ́ξᾰσθε | νῠ́ξᾰντο | ||||
passive | indicative | νῠ́χθην | νῠ́χθης | νῠ́χθη | νῠ́χθητον | νῠχθήτην | νῠ́χθημεν | νῠ́χθητε | νῠ́χθησᾰν, νῠ́χθεν | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: νένῠγμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | νένῠγμαι | νένῠξαι | νένῠκται | νένῠχθον | νένῠχθον | νενῠ́γμεθᾰ | νένῠχθε | νενῠ́γᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | νενῠγμένος ὦ | νενῠγμένος ᾖς | νενῠγμένος ᾖ | νενῠγμένω ἦτον | νενῠγμένω ἦτον | νενῠγμένοι ὦμεν | νενῠγμένοι ἦτε | νενῠγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | νενῠγμένος εἴην | νενῠγμένος εἴης | νενῠγμένος εἴη | νενῠγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | νενῠγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | νενῠγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | νενῠγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | νενῠγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | νένῠξο | νενῠ́χθω | νένῠχθον | νενῠ́χθων | νένῠχθε | νενῠ́χθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | νενῠ́χθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | νενῠγμένος | |||||||||||
f | νενῠγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | νενῠγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐκνύσσω (eknússō)
- ἐπινύσσω (epinússō)
- κατανύσσω (katanússō)
- νύγδην (núgdēn)
- νύγμα (núgma)
- νυγματικός (nugmatikós)
- νυγματώδης (nugmatṓdēs)
- νυγμή (nugmḗ)
- νυγμός (nugmós)
- νύσσα (nússa)
- νύχμα (núkhma)
- παρανύσσω (paranússō)
- προκατανύσσω (prokatanússō)
- προσεπινύσσω (prosepinússō)
- ὑπονύσσω (huponússō)
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “767”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 767
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νύσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1028
Further reading
[edit]- “νύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press