Ἔμπουσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A folk etymology construes the name to mean "one-footed", from ἕν (hén) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”). However, as Beekes notes, the word is probably Pre-Greek in view of the suffix -ουσα; compare ἄγχουσα (ánkhousa), αἴθουσα (aíthousa), κάδουσα (kádousa) and νήθουσα (nḗthousa).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἔμπουσᾰ • (Émpousă) f (genitive Ἐμπούσης); first declension

  1. (mythology) Empusa, a kind of shape-shifting spectre said to be sent by Hecate

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἔμπουσᾰ; τῆς Ἐμπούσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἔμπουσᾰ
hē Émpousă
Genitive τῆς Ἐμπούσης
tês Empoúsēs
Dative τῇ Ἐμπούσῃ
tēî Empoúsēi
Accusative τὴν Ἔμπουσᾰν
tḕn Émpousăn
Vocative Ἔμπουσᾰ
Émpousă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: empusa, empousa
  • Greek: Έμπουσα (Émpousa)
  • → Latin: Empūsa
  • → Translingual: Empusa

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