βύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βύω (búō, “to stop, to plug”) and the suffix -μみゅーαあるふぁ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /býz.ma/ → /ˈβべーたyz.ma/ → /ˈviz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβべーたyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈviz.ma/

Noun

βύσμᾰ • (búsma) n (genitive βύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A plug, a bung

Inflection

Third declension of τたうὸ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ; τたうοおみくろんῦ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τたうὸ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ tò búsma	τたうὼ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん tṑ búsmate	τたうᾰ̀ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ tà búsmata
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτος toû búsmatos	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたῠσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn busmátoin	τたうῶνにゅー βべーたῠσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうωおめがνにゅー tôn busmátōn
Dative	τたうῷ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうῐ tôi búsmati	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー βべーたῠσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn busmátoin	τたうοおみくろんῖς βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰσしぐまῐ / βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰσしぐまῐνにゅー toîs búsmasi(n)
Accusative	τたうὸ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ tò búsma	τたうὼ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん tṑ búsmate	τたうᾰ̀ βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ tà búsmata
Vocative	βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ búsma	βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん búsmate	βべーたῠ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ búsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βύσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette