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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.nys.sa/ → /ˈpa.ni.sa/
Noun
πάνυσσα • (pánussa) f
- (hapax) twisted band, snood
- Synonyms: στρόφος (stróphos), ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē)
Further reading
- “πάνυσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “πάνυσσα”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “πάνυσσα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: π