πίσω

See also: πίσῳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/

Adverb

πῐ́σω • (pĭ́sō)

Byzantine form of ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō, “behind; back”)

Descendants

Greek: πίσω (píso)
Mariupol Greek: пису (pisu)

Further reading

πίσω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.sɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/

Noun

πῐ́σω • (pĭ́sō)

nominative/accusative/vocative dual of πῐ́σος (pĭ́sos) and πῐ́σον (pĭ́son)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǐː.sɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.so/

Verb

πῑ́σω • (pī́sō)

inflection of πῐπῑ́σκω (pĭpī́skō):
1. first-person singular future active indicative
2. first-person singular aorist active subjunctive

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek πίσω (písō), from an aphetic form of Ancient Greek ὀπίσω (opísō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiso/
Hyphenation: πί‧σω
Homophone: πείσω (peíso)

Adverb

πίσω • (píso)

behind, back

Antonyms

εμπρός (emprós, “before”)
μπροστά (brostá, “before”)

Derived terms

κάνω πίσω (káno píso, “to recoil, to pull back”)

Further reading

πίσω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language