φῦσιγξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φῡσῐγγη (phūsingē)
Etymology
From φῦσᾰ (phûsa, “bellows; bladder”), with a typical Pre-Greek suffix -ιγξ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰŷː.siŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.siŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸy.siŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfy.siŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.siŋks/
Noun
φῦσῐγξ • (phûsinx) f (genitive φῡ́σῐγγος); third declension
- blister on the heel caused by a burn
- stalk of garlic or the outer coat of a clove or garlic
- particular kind of garlic
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ φῦσῐγξ; τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φῦσῐγξ hē phûsinx | τὼ φῡ́σῐγγε tṑ phū́singe | αἱ φῡ́σῐγγες hai phū́singes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος tês phū́singos | τοῖν φῡσῐ́γγοιν toîn phūsíngoin | τῶν φῡσῐ́γγων tôn phūsíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φῡ́σῐγγῐ têi phū́singi | φῡσῐ́γγοιν phūsíngoin | ταῖς φῡ́σῐγξῐ / φῡ́σῐγξῐν taîs phū́sinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φῡ́σῐγγᾰ tḕn phū́singa | φῡ́σῐγγε phū́singe | τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σῐγγᾰς tā̀s phū́singas | ||||||||||
Vocative | φῦσῐγξ phûsinx | φῡ́σῐγγε phū́singe | φῡ́σῐγγες phū́singes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φῡσῐγγῐστής (phūsingistḗs)
- φῡσῐγγόομαι (phūsingóomai)
Further reading
- φῦσιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φῦσιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φῦσιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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