βίσβη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βίσβης (bísbēs)
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from Messapic.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bíz.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbiz.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβiz.βi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈviz.vi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈviz.vi/
Noun
βῐ́σβη • (bísbē) f (genitive βῐ́σβης); first declension
- (in Messapic) pruning hook, billhook
Inflection
First declension of ἡ βῐ́σβη; τῆς βῐ́σβης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βῐ́σβη hē bísbē | τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bísbā | αἱ βῐ́σβαι hai bísbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βῐ́σβης tês bísbēs | τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bísbain | τῶν βῐσβῶν tôn bisbôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βῐ́σβῃ têi bísbēi | τοῖν βῐ́σβαιν toîn bísbain | ταῖς βῐ́σβαις taîs bísbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βῐ́σβην tḕn bísbēn | τὼ βῐ́σβᾱ tṑ bísbā | τᾱ̀ς βῐ́σβᾱς tā̀s bísbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῐ́σβη bísbē | βῐ́σβᾱ bísbā | βῐ́σβαι bísbai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Βισβαῖα (Bisbaîa)
References
- “βίσβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βίσβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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