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βυσσός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βυσσός βυσσοῦ

Structure: βυσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: A foreign word; cf. Hebr. butz.

Sense

  1. 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.

Examples

  • ἡ μὲν δὴ θύρη τοῦ ῥόου ἐμπίπτοντοσ χωρέει ταχέωσ καὶ ἕλκει τὴν βᾶριν τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ οὔνομα ἐστὶ τοῖσι πλοίοισι τούτοισι, ὁ δὲ λίθοσ ὄπισθε ἐπελκόμενοσ καὶ ἐὼν ἐν βυσσῷ κατιθύνει τὸν πλόον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 96 6:1)
  • καὶ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺσ σοφίασ, συνέσεωσ, διανοίασ, πάντα συνιέναι ποιῆσαι τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ τὰ ὑφαντὰ καὶ ποικιλτὰ ὑφᾶναι τῷ κοκκίνῳ καὶ τῇ βύσσῳ, ποιεῖν πᾶν ἔργον ἀρχιτεκτονίασ ποικιλίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:35)
  • καὶ ἐτμήθη τὰ πέταλα τοῦ χρυσίου τρίχεσ, ὥστε συνυφᾶναι σὺν τῇ ὑακίνθῳ καὶ τῇ πορφύρᾳ καὶ σὺν τῷ κοκκίνῳ τῷ διανενησμένῳ καὶ τῇ βύσσῳ τῇ κεκλωσμένῃ, ἔργον ὑφαντὸν ἐποίησαν αὐτό. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:10)
  • καὶ Ελιαβ ὁ τοῦ Αχισαμακ ἐκ τῆσ φυλῆσ Δαν, ὃσ ἠρχιτεκτόνησεν τὰ ὑφαντὰ καὶ τὰ ῥαφιδευτὰ καὶ ποικιλτικὰ ὑφᾶναι τῷ κοκκίνῳ καὶ τῇ βύσσῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 37:21)
  • καὶ νῦν ἀπέστειλά σοι ἄνδρα σοφὸν καὶ εἰδότα σύνεσιν Χιρὰμ τὸν πατέρα μου εἰδότα ποιῆσαι ἐν χρυσίῳ καὶ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ καὶ ἐν χαλκῷ καὶ ἐν σιδήρῳ καὶ ἐν λίθοισ καὶ ξύλοισ καὶ ὑφαίνειν ἐν τῇ πορφύρᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ ὑακίνθῳ καὶ ἐν τῇ βύσσῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ κοκκίνῳ καὶ γλύψαι γλυφὰσ καὶ διανοεῖσθαι πᾶσαν διανόησιν, ὅσα ἂν δῷσ αὐτῷ, μετὰ τῶν σοφῶν σου καὶ σοφῶν Δαυὶδ κυρίου μου πατρόσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 2:13)
  • καὶ ἐνέδυσά σε ποικίλα καὶ ὑπέδυσά σε ὑάκινθον καὶ ἔζωσά σε βύσσῳ καὶ περιέβαλόν σε τριχάπτῳ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:10)

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