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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φεύγω (pheúgō, “flee”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰýz.da/ → /ˈɸy.za/ → /ˈfi.za/
Noun
φῠ́ζᾰ • (phúza) f (genitive φῠ́ζης); first declension
- panicked flight from battle, rout
Inflection
References
- φύζα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φύζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press