νύσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Beekes suggests a connection to νύσσω (nússō, “to thrust, pierce”), thus *núk-ya (literally “the thrusting one”),^[1] but Jüthner believes the word is of Pre-Greek origin.^[2]

Pronunciation

(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 • (nŭ́ssă) f (genitive νῠ́σσης); first declension

turning post in a racecourse
Synonyms: βαλβίς (balbís), καμπή (kampḗ), καμπτήρ (kamptḗr)
starting and winning post

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ; τῆς νῠ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῠ́σσᾰ hē nŭ́ssă	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nŭ́ssā	αἱ νῠ́σσαι hai nŭ́ssai
Genitive	τῆς νῠ́σσης tês nŭ́ssēs	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nŭ́ssain	τῶν νῠσσῶν tôn nŭssôn
Dative	τῇ νῠ́σσῃ tēî nŭ́ssēi	τοῖν νῠ́σσαιν toîn nŭ́ssain	ταῖς νῠ́σσαις taîs nŭ́ssais
Accusative	τὴν νῠ́σσᾰν tḕn nŭ́ssăn	τὼ νῠ́σσᾱ tṑ nŭ́ssā	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́σσᾱς tā̀s nŭ́ssās
Vocative	νῠ́σσᾰ nŭ́ssă	νῠ́σσᾱ nŭ́ssā	νῠ́σσαι nŭ́ssai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ 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, page 1028
^ Jüthner, Julius (1939), “Herkunft und Grundlagen der griechischen Nationalspiele”, in Die Antike (in German), volume 15, pages 231–64

“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

[1] 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, page 1028

[2] Jüthner, Julius (1939), “Herkunft und Grundlagen der griechischen Nationalspiele”, in Die Antike (in German), volume 15, pages 231–64

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