Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • Ὁ νύσσων ὀφθαλμὸν κατάξει δάκρυα, καὶ ὁ νύσσων καρδίαν ἐκφαίνει αἴσθησιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 22:17)
  • ἴσχεο νύσσων οὐ γάρ μοι τέχνη καὶ τόδ’ ὄπασσεν ἔχειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7942)
  • τρὶσ μὲν ἐπ’ ἀγκῶνοσ βῆ τείχεοσ ὑψηλοῖο Πάτροκλοσ, τρὶσ δ’ αὐτὸν ἀπεστυφέλιξεν Ἀπόλλων χείρεσσ’ ἀθανάτῃσι φαεινὴν ἀσπίδα νύσσων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 58:2)

Synonyms

  1. posts

  2. the turning-post

  3. the starting post

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION