φῦσα

φῦσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰŷː.sa/ → /ˈɸy.sa/ → /ˈfi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰŷː.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.sa/

Noun

φῦσα • (phûsa) f (genitive φῡ́σης); first declension

1. (mostly in plural) Pair of bellows; smithies.
   1. Bladder, pouch.
   2. Synonym of φαρέτρα (pharétra).
   3. Synonym of ἀσκός (askós).
2. Breath, wind, blast.
   1. Wind in the body, flatus.
   2. (of fire) Stream, jet.
   3. Bubble.
3. Crater of a volcano.
4. Calyx of φυσαλλίς (phusallís).
5. Name of a fish found in the Nile.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῦσᾰ; τῆς φῡ́σης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῦσᾰ hē phûsa	τὼ φῡ́σᾱ tṑ phū́sā	αἱ φῦσαι hai phûsai
Genitive	τῆς φῡ́σης tês phū́sēs	τοῖν φῡ́σαιν toîn phū́sain	τῶν φῡσῶν tôn phūsôn
Dative	τῇ φῡ́σῃ têi phū́sēi	φῡ́σαιν phū́sain	ταῖς φῡ́σαις taîs phū́sais
Accusative	τὴν φῦσᾰν tḕn phûsan	φῡ́σᾱ phū́sā	τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σᾱς tā̀s phū́sās
Vocative	φῦσᾰ phûsa	φῡ́σᾱ phū́sā	φῦσαι phûsai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Physostigma

References

• φῦσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press