βασσάρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Probably of Eastern origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bas.sá.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /basˈsa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βasˈsa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vasˈsa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈsa.ra/
Noun
βασσάρᾱ • (bassárā) f (genitive βασσάρᾱς); first declension
- fox
- The dress of Thracian bacchanals (made of fox skins).
- (by extension) bacchanal
- (by extension) courtesan (female)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βασσάρᾱ hē bassárā |
τὼ βασσάρᾱ tṑ bassárā |
αἱ βασσάραι hai bassárai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βασσάρᾱς tês bassárās |
τοῖν βασσάραιν toîn bassárain |
τῶν βασσαρῶν tôn bassarôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βασσάρᾳ têi bassárāi |
τοῖν βασσάραιν toîn bassárain |
ταῖς βασσάραις taîs bassárais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βασσάρᾱν tḕn bassárān |
τὼ βασσάρᾱ tṑ bassárā |
τᾱ̀ς βασσάρᾱς tā̀s bassárās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βασσάρᾱ bassárā |
βασσάρᾱ bassárā |
βασσάραι bassárai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (fox): ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲃⲁϣⲟⲣ (bašor), ⲃⲁϣⲁⲣ (bašar)
- → New Latin: bassariscus
References
- βασσάρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βασσάρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
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