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βύσσινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βύσσινος βύσσινη βύσσινον

Structure: βυσσιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of bu/ssos, sindw/n b. a fine linen bandage, used for mummy-cloths,

Examples

  • ὁ γὰρ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἔτι πόρρωθεν ἰδὼν τὸ μὲν πλῆθοσ ἐν ταῖσ λευκαῖσ ἐσθῆσιν, τοὺσ δὲ ἱερεῖσ προεστῶτασ ἐν ταῖσ βυσσίναισ αὐτῶν, τὸν δὲ ἀρχιερέα ἐν τῇ ὑακινθίνῳ καὶ διαχρύσῳ στολῇ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἔχοντα τὴν κίδαριν καὶ τὸ χρυσοῦν ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ ἔλασμα, ᾧ τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγέγραπτο ὄνομα, προσελθὼν μόνοσ προσεκύνησεν τὸ ὄνομα καὶ τὸν ἀρχιερέα πρῶτοσ ἠσπάσατο. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 11 391:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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