Βήσσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian, and suggested to be from Late Old Persian *Bēçā-, from Old Persian *Bayaçā-, formed from nouns related to Proto-Iranian *báyHati (“to fear”), and *θráHyati (“to protect”), respectively, however, no such nouns are attested in Persian.

Proper noun

Βήσσος • (Bḗssos) m (genitive Βήσσου); second declension

1. Bessus, satrap of Bactria

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βῆσσος; τοῦ Βήσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βῆσσος ho Bêssos	τὼ Βήσσω tṑ Bḗssō	οἱ Βῆσσοι hoi Bêssoi
Genitive	τοῦ Βήσσου toû Bḗssou	τοῖν Βήσσοιν toîn Bḗssoin	τῶν Βήσσων tôn Bḗssōn
Dative	τῷ Βήσσῳ tôi Bḗssōi	τοῖν Βήσσοιν toîn Bḗssoin	τοῖς Βήσσοις toîs Bḗssois
Accusative	τὸν Βῆσσον tòn Bêsson	τὼ Βήσσω tṑ Bḗssō	τοὺς Βήσσους toùs Bḗssous
Vocative	Βῆσσε Bêsse	Βήσσω Bḗssō	Βῆσσοι Bêssoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βήσσος (Víssos)
• → Latin: Bessus

Further reading

• Βήσσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Βήσσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette