βασσάρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Herodotus calls the word Libyan, which seems supported by the etymological connection with Coptic ⲃⲁϣⲁⲣ (bašar); Černý, however, regards the Coptic as a loanword from Greek. Szemerényi further tries to maintain the connection with Hittite [script needed] (u̯aššuu̯ar, “clothing”), rightly rejected by Neumann.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ • (băssắrā) f (genitive βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    Synonym: ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)
  2. dress of Thracian bacchanals, made of fox skins
  3. (by extension) Thracian bacchanal
  4. (by extension) impudent woman, courtesan

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ
hē băssắrā 		τὼ βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ
tṑ băssắrā 		αἱ βᾰσσᾰ́ραι
hai băssắrai
Genitive τῆς βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱς
tês băssắrās 		τοῖν βᾰσσᾰ́ραιν
toîn băssắrain 		τῶν βᾰσσᾰρῶν
tôn băssărôn
Dative τῇ βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾳ
tēî băssắrāi 		τοῖν βᾰσσᾰ́ραιν
toîn băssắrain 		ταῖς βᾰσσᾰ́ραις
taîs băssắrais
Accusative τὴν βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱν
tḕn băssắrān 		τὼ βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ
tṑ băssắrā 		τᾱ̀ς βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱς
tā̀s băssắrās
Vocative βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ
băssắrā 		βᾰσσᾰ́ρᾱ
băssắrā 		βᾰσσᾰ́ραι
băssắrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • βασσαρεύς (bassareús)
  • βασσαρέω (bassaréō)
  • βασσαρικός (bassarikós)
  • βασσάριον (bassárion)
  • βασσαρίς (bassarís)
  • βάσσαρος (bássaros)

Descendants

  • → Coptic: ⲃⲁϣⲟⲣ (bašor), ⲃⲁϣⲁⲣ (bašar)
  • → New Latin: bassariscus

References

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