πεσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πεττός (pettós) — Attic

Etymology

Loanword of unknown origin. A Semitic etymology has been proposed, comparing Hittite [script needed] (piššu, “rock, block of stone”). According to Beekes, the word may well be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pes.sós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pesˈsos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pesˈsos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pesˈsos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈsos/

Noun

πεσσός • (pessós) m (genitive πεσσοῦ); second declension

oval shaped stone used in board games
board on which the game was played
(architecture) cubic mass of building, terrace
(anatomy) limbal ring

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πεσσός; τοῦ πεσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πεσσός ho pessós	τὼ πεσσώ tṑ pessṓ	οἱ πεσσοί hoi pessoí
Genitive	τοῦ πεσσοῦ toû pessoû	τοῖν πεσσοῖν toîn pessoîn	τῶν πεσσῶν tôn pessôn
Dative	τῷ πεσσῷ tōî pessōî	τοῖν πεσσοῖν toîn pessoîn	τοῖς πεσσοῖς toîs pessoîs
Accusative	τὸν πεσσόν tòn pessón	τὼ πεσσώ tṑ pessṓ	τοὺς πεσσούς toùs pessoús
Vocative	πεσσέ pessé	πεσσώ pessṓ	πεσσοί pessoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πεσσᾰ́ρῐον (pessắrĭon)
πεσσείᾰ (pesseíă)
πεσσευτής (pesseutḗs)
πεσσεύω (pesseúō)
πεσσῐκός (pessĭkós)
πέσσῐον (péssĭon)
πεσσονομέω (pessonoméō)
πεσσοποιέομαι (pessopoiéomai)

Descendants

Greek: πεσσός (pessós)
→ Latin: pessus, pessum