Χοῦσαι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Κοῦσαι (Koûsai)
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian qjs.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰûː.sai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰu.sɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxu.sɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxu.se/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxu.se/
Proper noun
Χοῦσαι • (Khoûsai) f pl (genitive Χουσῶν); first declension
- Cusae; El Quseyya, Egypt
Inflection
First declension of αἱ Χοῦσαι; τῶν Χουσῶν (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | αἱ Χοῦσαι hai Khoûsai | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν Χουσῶν tôn Khousôn | ||||||||||||
Dative | ταῖς Χούσαις taîs Khoúsais | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Χούσᾱς tā̀s Khoúsās | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Χοῦσαι Khoûsai | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Cūsae
Further reading
- Χοῦσαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette