βῆσσα

See also: Βῆσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βᾶσσα (bâssa) — Doric

Etymology

Traditionally it has been connected with βαθύς (bathús, “deep”), as an e-grade root variant but Furnée doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin and links the noun to the gloss βρῆσσαι (brêssai) found in Hesychius.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̂ːs.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe̝s.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβis.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sa/

Noun

βῆσσᾰ • (bêssă) f (genitive βήσσης); first declension

wooded combe, glen
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Shield of Heracles:
  οἷος δʼ ἐν βήσσῃς ὄρεος χαλεπὸς προϊδέσθαι
  κάπρος χαυλιόδων φρονέει θυμῷ μαχέσασθαι
  hoîos d en bḗssēis óreos khalepòs proïdésthai
  kápros khauliódōn phronéei thumōî makhésasthai
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
kind of drinking cup used in Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῆσσᾰ; τῆς βήσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῆσσᾰ hē bêssă	τὼ βήσσᾱ tṑ bḗssā	αἱ βῆσσαι hai bêssai
Genitive	τῆς βήσσης tês bḗssēs	τοῖν βήσσαιν toîn bḗssain	τῶν βησσῶν tôn bēssôn
Dative	τῇ βήσσῃ tēî bḗssēi	τοῖν βήσσαιν toîn bḗssain	ταῖς βήσσαις taîs bḗssais
Accusative	τὴν βῆσσᾰν tḕn bêssăn	τὼ βήσσᾱ tṑ bḗssā	τᾱ̀ς βήσσᾱς tā̀s bḗssās
Vocative	βῆσσᾰ bêssă	βήσσᾱ bḗssā	βῆσσαι bêssai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Βῆσσᾰ (Bêssă)
βησσήεις (bēssḗeis)