βόρασσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An Egyptian word. Compare Arabic بسر (busr, “unripe dates”), Classical Syriac ܒܣܪܐ (*busrā, “unripe grape”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic בֻּסְרָא (busrā) and Hebrew בֹּסֶר (boser, “unripe grape”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βόρᾰσσος • (bórăssos) m (genitive βορᾰ́σσου); second declension

  1. (botany) growing spadix of the date with immature fruit

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βόρᾰσσος; τοῦ βορᾰ́σσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βόρᾰσσος
ho bórăssos 		τὼ βορᾰ́σσω
tṑ borắssō 		οἱ βόρᾰσσοι
hoi bórăssoi
Genitive τοῦ βορᾰ́σσου
toû borắssou 		τοῖν βορᾰ́σσοιν
toîn borắssoin 		τῶν βορᾰ́σσων
tôn borắssōn
Dative τῷ βορᾰ́σσῳ
tōî borắssōi 		τοῖν βορᾰ́σσοιν
toîn borắssoin 		τοῖς βορᾰ́σσοις
toîs borắssois
Accusative τὸν βόρᾰσσον
tòn bórăsson 		τὼ βορᾰ́σσω
tṑ borắssō 		τοὺς βορᾰ́σσους
toùs borắssous
Vocative βόρᾰσσε
bórăsse 		βορᾰ́σσω
borắssō 		βόρᾰσσοι
bórăssoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Borassus

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