φῦσιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φῡσῐγγη (phūsĭngē)

Etymology

From φῦσᾰ (phûsă, “bellows; bladder”), with a typical Pre-Greek suffix -ιγξ.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῦσῐγξ • (phûsĭnx) f (genitive φῡ́σῐγγος); third declension

  1. blister on the heel caused by a burn
  2. stalk of garlic or the outer coat of a clove or garlic
  3. particular kind of garlic

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φῦσῐγξ; τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φῦσῐγξ
hē phûsĭnx 		τὼ φῡ́σῐγγε
tṑ phū́sĭnge 		αἱ φῡ́σῐγγες
hai phū́sĭnges
Genitive τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος
tês phū́sĭngos 		τοῖν φῡσῐ́γγοιν
toîn phūsĭ́ngoin 		τῶν φῡσῐ́γγων
tôn phūsĭ́ngōn
Dative τῇ φῡ́σῐγγῐ
tēî phū́sĭngĭ 		τοῖν φῡσῐ́γγοιν
toîn phūsĭ́ngoin 		ταῖς φῡ́σῐγξῐ / φῡ́σῐγξῐν
taîs phū́sĭnxĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν φῡ́σῐγγᾰ
tḕn phū́sĭngă 		τὼ φῡ́σῐγγε
tṑ phū́sĭnge 		τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σῐγγᾰς
tā̀s phū́sĭngăs
Vocative φῦσῐγξ
phûsĭnx 		φῡ́σῐγγε
phū́sĭnge 		φῡ́σῐγγες
phū́sĭnges
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • φῡσῐγγῐστής (phūsĭngĭstḗs)
  • φῡσῐγγόομαι (phūsĭngóomai)

Descendants

  • → Persian: فشنگ (fešang)

Further reading

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