άβυσσος

See also: ἄβυσσος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.sos/

Noun

άβυσσος • (ávyssos) f (plural άβυσσοι)

1. abyss, deep chasm
2. (figuratively) deep despair

Declension

Declension of άβυσσος

	singular	plural
nominative	άβυσσος •	άβυσσοι •
genitive	αβύσσου •	αβύσσων •
accusative	άβυσσο •	αβύσσους •
vocative	άβυσσε •,  άβυσσο •	άβυσσοι •

Related terms

• αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos, “deep, abyssal, bottomless”)

Derived terms

• άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου (ávyssos i psychí tou anthrópou, “there's nowt so queer as folk”, literally “an abyss [is] the soul of man”)
• στο χείλος της αβύσσου (sto cheílos tis avýssou, “on the brink of the abyss”)

Further reading

• άβυσσος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language