ὕσγη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰσγένη (isgénē)
• ἰσγίνη (isgínē)

Etymology

Pausanias calls the word Galatian but Furnée regards the noun as Pre-Greek because of the variants.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýz.ɡɛː/ → /ˈyz.ʝi/ → /ˈiz.ʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýz.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)yz.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈyz.ʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈyz.ʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.ʝi/

Noun

ὕσγη • (húsgē) f (genitive ὕσγης); first declension

1. A shrub, probably the kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

   Synonym: ἀγρῐοβᾰ́λᾰνος (agriobálanos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὕσγη; τῆς ὕσγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὕσγη hē húsgē	τὼ ὕσγᾱ tṑ húsgā	αἱ ὕσγαι hai húsgai
Genitive	τῆς ὕσγης tês húsgēs	τοῖν ὕσγαιν toîn húsgain	τῶν ὑσγῶν tôn husgôn
Dative	τῇ ὕσγῃ têi húsgēi	τοῖν ὕσγαιν toîn húsgain	ταῖς ὕσγαις taîs húsgais
Accusative	τὴν ὕσγην tḕn húsgēn	τὼ ὕσγᾱ tṑ húsgā	τᾱ̀ς ὕσγᾱς tā̀s húsgās
Vocative	ὕσγη húsgē	ὕσγᾱ húsgā	ὕσγαι húsgai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑσγινοβαφής (husginobaphḗs)
• ὑσγινοειδής (husginoeidḗs)
• ὑσγινόεις (husginóeis)
• ὕσγινον (húsginon)
• ὑσγινόσημος (husginósēmos)

 

References

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