βύσσος

See also: βυσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βῠ́σσᾰ (bússa)

Etymology

From a Semitic source cognate to Hebrew בּוּץ‎ (būṣ, “byssus”) and Aramaic בּוּצָא‎ (būṣā, “byssus”), from Proto-Semitic *būṣ- (“fibrous grass, rush etc.”). Compare also Old Armenian բեհեզ (behez, “byssus”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /býs.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbys.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβys.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvys.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sos/

Noun

βύσσος • (bússos) f (genitive βύσσου); second declension

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

βῠ́σσωμᾰ (bússōma)
βῠσσῐ́νη (bussínē)
βῠ́σσῐνος (bússinos)

Descendants

→ Ge'ez: ቢሶስ (bisos), ብሶስ (bəsos), ቡሱስ (busus), በሱስ (bäsus), ብሲስ (bəsis), ብሱስ (bəsus), ቢሶን (bison, “fine green linen”)
- ⇒ Ge'ez: ቢስንሶ (bisənso, “green”)
- → Tigrinya: ቢሶ (biso, “green leather, velvet”)
→ Gothic: 𐌱𐍅𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌽 (bwssaun)
→ Latin: byssus, bissus
- Translingual: Byssus

Further reading

“βύσσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βύσσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βύσσος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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

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