νύσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Without a good explanation. Compared with νύσσω (nússō, “to thrust, pierce”) as *νύκ-ια (*núk-ia, “the thrusting one”), which seems possible. According to Jüthner, the word is of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nýs.sa/ → /ˈnys.sa/ → /ˈni.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nýs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnys.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/

Noun

νῠ́σσᾰ • (nússa) f (genitive νῠ́σσης); first declension

1. turning post in a racecourse

   Synonyms: βαλβίς (balbís), καμπή (kampḗ), καμπτήρ (kamptḗr)

2. starting and winning post

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ; τῆς νῠ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ hē nússa	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nússā	αἱ νῠ́σσαι hai nússai
Genitive	τῆς νῠ́σσης tês nússēs	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nússain	τῶν νῠσσῶν tôn nussôn
Dative	τῇ νῠ́σσῃ têi nússēi	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nússain	ταῖς νῠ́σσαις taîs nússais
Accusative	τὴν νῠ́σσᾰν tḕn nússan	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nússā	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́σσᾱς tā̀s nússās
Vocative	νῠ́σσᾰ nússa	νῠ́σσᾱ nússā	νῠ́σσαι nússai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νύσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νύσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νύσσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νύσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νύσσα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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