Βῆσσα
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See also: βῆσσα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βῆσα (Bêsa)
Etymology
From βῆσσα (bêssa, “glen, narrow valley”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛ̂ːs.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe̝s.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβis.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvis.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.sa/
Proper noun
Βῆσσᾰ • (Bêssa) f (genitive Βήσσης); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
- Latin: Bēssa
Further reading
- “Βῆσσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Βῆσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Βῆσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Βῆσα in Trismegistos