βήσσω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Either from Pre-Greek or onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛ̌ːs.sɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe̝s.so/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβis.so/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvis.so/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.so/
Verb
βήσσω • (bḗssō)
- to cough
Inflection
Present: βήσσω, βήσσομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | βήσσω | βήσσεις | βήσσει | βήσσετον | βήσσετον | βήσσομεν | βήσσετε | βήσσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | βήσσω | βήσσῃς | βήσσῃ | βήσσητον | βήσσητον | βήσσωμεν | βήσσητε | βήσσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | βήσσοιμῐ | βήσσοις | βήσσοι | βήσσοιτον | βησσοίτην | βήσσοιμεν | βήσσοιτε | βήσσοιεν | |||||
| imperative | βῆσσε | βησσέτω | βήσσετον | βησσέτων | βήσσετε | βησσόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | βήσσομαι | βήσσῃ / βήσσει | βήσσεται | βήσσεσθον | βήσσεσθον | βησσόμεθᾰ | βήσσεσθε | βήσσονται | ||||
| subjunctive | βήσσωμαι | βήσσῃ | βήσσηται | βήσσησθον | βήσσησθον | βησσώμεθᾰ | βήσσησθε | βήσσωνται | |||||
| optative | βησσοίμην | βήσσοιο | βήσσοιτο | βήσσοισθον | βησσοίσθην | βησσοίμεθᾰ | βήσσοισθε | βήσσοιντο | |||||
| imperative | βήσσου | βησσέσθω | βήσσεσθον | βησσέσθων | βήσσεσθε | βησσέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | βήσσειν | βήσσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | βήσσων | βησσόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | βήσσουσᾰ | βησσομένη | |||||||||||
| n | βῆσσον | βησσόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: βήξω, βήξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | βήξω | βήξεις | βήξει | βήξετον | βήξετον | βήξομεν | βήξετε | βήξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | βήξοιμῐ | βήξοις | βήξοι | βήξοιτον | βηξοίτην | βήξοιμεν | βήξοιτε | βήξοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | βήξομαι | βήξῃ / βήξει | βήξεται | βήξεσθον | βήξεσθον | βηξόμεθᾰ | βήξεσθε | βήξονται | ||||
| optative | βηξοίμην | βήξοιο | βήξοιτο | βήξοισθον | βηξοίσθην | βηξοίμεθᾰ | βήξοισθε | βήξοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | βήξειν | βήξεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | βήξων | βηξόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | βήξουσᾰ | βηξομένη | |||||||||||
| n | βῆξον | βηξόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔβηξᾰ, ἐβηξᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔβηξᾰ | ἔβηξᾰς | ἔβηξε(ν) | ἐβήξᾰτον | ἐβηξᾰ́την | ἐβήξᾰμεν | ἐβήξᾰτε | ἔβηξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | βήξω | βήξῃς | βήξῃ | βήξητον | βήξητον | βήξωμεν | βήξητε | βήξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | βήξαιμῐ | βήξειᾰς / βήξαις | βήξειε(ν) / βήξαι | βήξαιτον | βηξαίτην | βήξαιμεν | βήξαιτε | βήξειᾰν / βήξαιεν | |||||
| imperative | βῆξον | βηξᾰ́τω | βήξᾰτον | βηξᾰ́των | βήξᾰτε | βηξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐβηξᾰ́μην | ἐβήξω | ἐβήξᾰτο | ἐβήξᾰσθον | ἐβηξᾰ́σθην | ἐβηξᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐβήξᾰσθε | ἐβήξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | βήξωμαι | βήξῃ | βήξηται | βήξησθον | βήξησθον | βηξώμεθᾰ | βήξησθε | βήξωνται | |||||
| optative | βηξαίμην | βήξαιο | βήξαιτο | βήξαισθον | βηξαίσθην | βηξαίμεθᾰ | βήξαισθε | βήξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | βῆξαι | βηξᾰ́σθω | βήξᾰσθον | βηξᾰ́σθων | βήξᾰσθε | βηξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | βῆξαι | βήξᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | βήξᾱς | βηξᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | βήξᾱσᾰ | βηξᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | βῆξᾰν | βηξᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Related terms
- βήξ (bḗx)
Further reading
- “βήσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βήσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers