βλίσσω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βλῐ́ττω (blíttō) – Attic
- βλίζω (blízō)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *mlíťťō, from Proto-Indo-European *mlít-ye-ti, from *mélit (“honey”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blís.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈblis.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβlis.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvlis.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvli.so/
Verb
βλῐ́σσω • (blíssō)
- to cut off combs of honey, take honey, squeeze honey
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 856
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 564E
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.22.9
- (figuratively) to squeeze people
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 794
- 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 475
- (figuratively) to rub, fondle
- Erot., Fr. 16
Inflection
Present: βλῐ́σσω, βλῐ́σσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | βλῐ́σσω | βλῐ́σσεις | βλῐ́σσει | βλῐ́σσετον | βλῐ́σσετον | βλῐ́σσομεν | βλῐ́σσετε | βλῐ́σσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | βλῐ́σσω | βλῐ́σσῃς | βλῐ́σσῃ | βλῐ́σσητον | βλῐ́σσητον | βλῐ́σσωμεν | βλῐ́σσητε | βλῐ́σσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | βλῐ́σσοιμῐ | βλῐ́σσοις | βλῐ́σσοι | βλῐ́σσοιτον | βλῐσσοίτην | βλῐ́σσοιμεν | βλῐ́σσοιτε | βλῐ́σσοιεν | |||||
imperative | βλῐ́σσε | βλῐσσέτω | βλῐ́σσετον | βλῐσσέτων | βλῐ́σσετε | βλῐσσόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | βλῐ́σσομαι | βλῐ́σσῃ, βλῐ́σσει | βλῐ́σσεται | βλῐ́σσεσθον | βλῐ́σσεσθον | βλῐσσόμεθᾰ | βλῐ́σσεσθε | βλῐ́σσονται | ||||
subjunctive | βλῐ́σσωμαι | βλῐ́σσῃ | βλῐ́σσηται | βλῐ́σσησθον | βλῐ́σσησθον | βλῐσσώμεθᾰ | βλῐ́σσησθε | βλῐ́σσωνται | |||||
optative | βλῐσσοίμην | βλῐ́σσοιο | βλῐ́σσοιτο | βλῐ́σσοισθον | βλῐσσοίσθην | βλῐσσοίμεθᾰ | βλῐ́σσοισθε | βλῐ́σσοιντο | |||||
imperative | βλῐ́σσου | βλῐσσέσθω | βλῐ́σσεσθον | βλῐσσέσθων | βλῐ́σσεσθε | βλῐσσέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | βλῐ́σσειν | βλῐ́σσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | βλῐ́σσων | βλῐσσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | βλῐ́σσουσᾰ | βλῐσσομένη | |||||||||||
n | βλῐ́σσον | βλῐσσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ἔβλῐσσον, ἐβλῐσσόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔβλῐσσον | ἔβλῐσσες | ἔβλῐσσε(ν) | ἐβλῐ́σσετον | ἐβλῐσσέτην | ἐβλῐ́σσομεν | ἐβλῐ́σσετε | ἔβλῐσσον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ἐβλῐσσόμην | ἐβλῐ́σσου | ἐβλῐ́σσετο | ἐβλῐ́σσεσθον | ἐβλῐσσέσθην | ἐβλῐσσόμεθᾰ | ἐβλῐ́σσεσθε | ἐβλῐ́σσοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Aorist: ἔβλῐσᾰ, ἐβλῐσᾰ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔβλῐσᾰ | ἔβλῐσᾰς | ἔβλῐσε(ν) | ἐβλῐ́σᾰτον | ἐβλῐσᾰ́την | ἐβλῐ́σᾰμεν | ἐβλῐ́σᾰτε | ἔβλῐσᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ῶ | ῇς | ῇ | ῆτον | ῆτον | ῶμεν | ῆτε | ῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | αῖμῐ | εῖᾰς, αῖς | εῖε(ν), αῖ | αῖτον | αίτην | αῖμεν | αῖτε | εῖᾰν, αῖεν | |||||
imperative | όν | ᾰ́τω | ᾰ́τον | ᾰ́των | ᾰ́τε | ᾰ́ντων | |||||||
middle | indicative | ἐβλῐσᾰ́μην | ἐβλῐ́σω | ἐβλῐ́σᾰτο | ἐβλῐ́σᾰσθον | ἐβλῐσᾰ́σθην | ἐβλῐσᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐβλῐ́σᾰσθε | ἐβλῐ́σᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | ῶμαι | ῇ | ῆται | ῆσθον | ῆσθον | ώμεθᾰ | ῆσθε | ῶνται | |||||
optative | αίμην | αῖο | αῖτο | αῖσθον | αίσθην | αίμεθᾰ | αῖσθε | αῖντο | |||||
imperative | αῖ | ᾰ́σθω | ᾰ́σθον | ᾰ́σθων | ᾰ́σθε | ᾰ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | αῖ | ᾰ́σθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾶς | ᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾶσᾰ | ᾰμένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ́ν | ᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Derived terms
- βλῐστηρῐ́ς (blistērís)
References
- βλίττω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βλίττω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλίττω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλίσσω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βλίττω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1960), “βλίττω”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 245
- Chantraine, Pierre (1968), “βλίττω”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), volume I, Paris: Klincksieck, page 181