πίσος
See also: τὸ πῖσος (pîsos), τοῦ πίσεως “meadow”
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πίσον (píson) (neu. also for the plant)
- πισός (pisós) – Koine(masc.)
Etymology
Probably a foreign word. (Thracian/Phrygian)[1].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pí.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sos/
Noun
πῐ́σος • (písos) m (genitive πῐ́σου); second declension
- pea, pease, seed of Pisum sativum
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ πῐ́σος; τοῦ πῐ́σου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῐ́σος ho písos | τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ písō | οἱ πῐ́σοι hoi písoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῐ́σου toû písou | τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn písoin | τῶν πῐ́σων tôn písōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῐ́σῳ tôi písōi | τοῖν πῐ́σοιν toîn písoin | τοῖς πῐ́σοις toîs písois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῐ́σον tòn píson | τὼ πῐ́σω tṑ písō | τοὺς πῐ́σους toùs písous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῐ́σε píse | πῐ́σω písō | πῐ́σοι písoi | ||||||||||
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See also
- ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος (árakos) & αρακάς (arakás) (masculines)
- Latin: pisum (neuter)
References
- Hofmann, J. B. (1949), “πίσος”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen (in German), Munich: R. Oldenbourg [translated in Greek by Antonius D. Papanikolaou, Athens: n.p. 1974.]
Further reading
- πίσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πίσος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers