βυσσός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
이형
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βυσσός
βυσσοῦ
Structure:
βυσς
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: A foreign word; cf. Hebr. butz.
Sense
- Alternative form of βυθός (buthós)
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ παῤ ᾧ εὑρέθη βύσσοσ καὶ δέρματα ὑακίνθινα καὶ δέρματα κριῶν ἠρυθροδανωμένα, ἤνεγκαν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:23)
- βύσσοσ μετὰ ποικιλίασ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐγένετό σοι στρωμνὴ τοῦ περιθεῖναί σοι δόξαν καὶ περιβαλεῖν σε ὑάκινθον καὶ πορφύραν ἐκ τῶν νήσων Ἐλεισαὶ καὶ ἐγένετο περιβόλαιά σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:7)
- ἡ δὲ βύσσοσ ἡ ἐν τῇ Ἠλείᾳ λεπτότητοσ μὲν ἕνεκα οὐκ ἀποδεῖ τῆσ Ἑβραίων, ἔστι δὲ οὐχ ὁμοίωσ ξανθή. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 5 5:2)
- ἄνθη δ’ εἰσ αὐτὴν ἐνύφανται φοίνικι καὶ πορφύρᾳ μετὰ ὑακίνθου καὶ βύσσου πεποικιλμένα, στήμων δ’ ἐστὶ μόνη βύσσοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 194:1)
- ἥ τε γὰρ βύσσοσ τὴν γῆν ἀποσημαίνειν ἐοίκε διὰ τὸ ἐξ αὐτῆσ ἀνεῖσθαι τὸ λίνον, ἥ τε πορφύρα τὴν θάλασσαν τῷ πεφοινῖχθαι τῶν ἰχθύων τῷ αἵματι, τὸν δὲ ἀέρα βούλεται δηλοῦν ὁ ὑάκινθοσ, καὶ ὁ φοῖνιξ δ’ ἂν εἰή τεκμήριον τοῦ πυρόσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 228:2)
