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νύσσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύσσα νύσσης

Structure: νυσς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: nu/ssw

Sense

  1. posts
  2. the turning-post
  3. the starting post, the winning post

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νύσσα νύσσᾱ νύσσαι
Genitive νύσσης νύσσαιν νυσσῶν
Dative νύσσῃ νύσσαιν νύσσαις
Accusative νύσσαν νύσσᾱ νύσσᾱς
Vocative νύσσα νύσσᾱ νύσσαι

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

  • ἵππουσ δ’ ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ’ ἁρ́ματι, καὶ περὶ νύσσαν ἀσφαλέωσ κάμπτοντα τροχῷ σύριγγα φυλάξαι, Ἀμφιτρύων ὃν παῖδα φίλα φρονέων ἐδίδαξεν αὐτόσ, ἐπεὶ μάλα πολλὰ θοῶν ἐξήρατ’ ἀγώνων Ἄργει ἐν ἱπποβότῳ κειμήλια, καί οἱ ἀαγεῖσ δίφροι, ἐφ’ ὧν ἐπέβαινε, χρόνῳ διέλυσαν ἱμάντασ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 64)
  • τὴν νύσσαν δότε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 386 1:2)
  • τὸν δὲ ἐξωτάτω ἀεὶ περὶ τὸν ἑστῶτα ὡσ νύσσαν φέρεσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 82:2)
  • καὶ οὐδέν τι ἧσσον θέουσα ἐν κόσμῳ περί τε τὴν νύσσαν ἐπέστρεφε, καὶ ἐπεὶ τῆσ σάλπιγγοσ ἤκουσεν, ἐπετάχυνεν ἐσ πλέον τὸν δρόμον, φθάνει τε δὴ ἐπὶ τοὺσ Ἑλλανοδίκασ ἀφικομένη καὶ νικῶσα ἔγνω καὶ παύεται τοῦ δρόμου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 13 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. posts

  2. the turning-post

  3. the starting post

Related

Similar forms

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

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