βλαισός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλαισός (plaisós)
Etymology
The word shares the formation with γαμψός (gampsós, “curved, crooked”), γαυσός (gausós, “crooked”) and λοξός (loxós, “oblique”). According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek due to the presence of an alternative form.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blai̯.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blɛˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlɛˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vleˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vleˈsos/
Adjective
βλαισός • (blaisós) m (feminine βλαισή, neuter βλαισόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βλαισός blaisós |
βλαισή blaisḗ |
βλαισόν blaisón |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́ |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισοί blaisoí |
βλαισαί blaisaí |
βλαισᾰ́ blaisắ | |||||
| Genitive | βλαισοῦ blaisoû |
βλαισῆς blaisês |
βλαισοῦ blaisoû |
βλαισοῖν blaisoîn |
βλαισαῖν blaisaîn |
βλαισοῖν blaisoîn |
βλαισῶν blaisôn |
βλαισῶν blaisôn |
βλαισῶν blaisôn | |||||
| Dative | βλαισῷ blaisōî |
βλαισῇ blaisēî |
βλαισῷ blaisōî |
βλαισοῖν blaisoîn |
βλαισαῖν blaisaîn |
βλαισοῖν blaisoîn |
βλαισοῖς blaisoîs |
βλαισαῖς blaisaîs |
βλαισοῖς blaisoîs | |||||
| Accusative | βλαισόν blaisón |
βλαισήν blaisḗn |
βλαισόν blaisón |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́ |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισούς blaisoús |
βλαισᾱ́ς blaisā́s |
βλαισᾰ́ blaisắ | |||||
| Vocative | βλαισέ blaisé |
βλαισή blaisḗ |
βλαισόν blaisón |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισᾱ́ blaisā́ |
βλαισώ blaisṓ |
βλαισοί blaisoí |
βλαισαί blaisaí |
βλαισᾰ́ blaisắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βλαισῶς blaisôs |
βλαισότερος blaisóteros |
βλαισότᾰτος blaisótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- βλαισόομαι (blaisóomai)
- βλαισότης (blaisótēs)
- βλαισώδης (blaisṓdēs)
- βλαίσωσις (blaísōsis)
Descendants
- → Latin: blaesus
Further reading
- “βλαισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βλαισός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλαισός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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