πίσυνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally said to be from the root of πείθω (peíthō), though the derivation is unclear.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pí.sy.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.sy.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.si.nos/
Adjective
πίσῠνος • (písŭnos) m or f (neuter πίσῠνον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πῐ́σῠνος pĭ́sŭnos |
πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐ́σῠνοι pĭ́sŭnoi |
πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πῐσῠ́νου pĭsŭ́nou |
πῐσῠ́νου pĭsŭ́nou |
πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin |
πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin |
πῐσῠ́νων pĭsŭ́nōn |
πῐσῠ́νων pĭsŭ́nōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πῐσῠ́νῳ pĭsŭ́nōi |
πῐσῠ́νῳ pĭsŭ́nōi |
πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin |
πῐσῠ́νοιν pĭsŭ́noin |
πῐσῠ́νοις pĭsŭ́nois |
πῐσῠ́νοις pĭsŭ́nois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon |
πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐσῠ́νους pĭsŭ́nous |
πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πῐ́σῠνε pĭ́sŭne |
πῐ́σῠνον pĭ́sŭnon |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐσῠ́νω pĭsŭ́nō |
πῐ́σῠνοι pĭ́sŭnoi |
πῐ́σῠνᾰ pĭ́sŭnă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πῐσῠ́νως pĭsŭ́nōs |
πῐσῠνώτερος pĭsŭnṓteros |
πῐσῠνώτᾰτος pĭsŭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πίσυνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πίσυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πίσυνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πίσυνος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πίσυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.