βύσσος

See also: βυσσός

Ancient Greek

From a Semitic source cognate to Hebrew בּוּץ (būṣ, “byssus”) and Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā, “byssus”), from Proto-Semitic *būṣ- (“fibrous grass, rush etc.”). Compare also Old Armenian բեհեզ (behez, “byssus”).

βύσσος • (bússos) f (genitive βύσσου); second declension

Second declension of ἡ βῠ́σσος; τῆς βῠ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῠ́σσος hē bŭ́ssos	τὼ βῠ́σσω tṑ bŭ́ssō	αἱ βῠ́σσοι hai bŭ́ssoi
Genitive	τῆς βῠ́σσου tês bŭ́ssou	τοῖν βῠ́σσοιν toîn bŭ́ssoin	τῶν βῠ́σσων tôn bŭ́ssōn
Dative	τῇ βῠ́σσῳ tēî bŭ́ssōi	τοῖν βῠ́σσοιν toîn bŭ́ssoin	ταῖς βῠ́σσοις taîs bŭ́ssois
Accusative	τὴν βῠ́σσον tḕn bŭ́sson	τὼ βῠ́σσω tṑ bŭ́ssō	τᾱ̀ς βῠ́σσους tā̀s bŭ́ssous
Vocative	βῠ́σσε bŭ́sse	βῠ́σσω bŭ́ssō	βῠ́σσοι bŭ́ssoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ Ge'ez: ቢሶስ (bisos), ብሶስ (bəsos), ቡሱስ (busus), በሱስ (bäsus), ብሲስ (bəsis), ብሱስ (bəsus), ቢሶን (bison, “fine green linen”)
- ⇒ Ge'ez: ቢስንሶ (bisənso, “green”)
- → Tigrinya: ቢሶ (biso, “green leather, velvet”)
→ Gothic: 𐌱𐍅𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌽 (bwssaun)
→ Latin: byssus, bissus
- Translingual: Byssus
→ Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽳𐽴 (böz)