ἧσσα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior, weaker”), reflecting possibly Proto-Indo-European *seh₁k- (“slow”). Compare ἦκα (êka, “slowly, quietly”) and Latin sēgnis (“slow, tardy”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἧσσᾰ • (hêssa) f (genitive ἥσσης); first declension

  1. defeat, discomfiture

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἧσσᾰ; τῆς ἥσσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἧσσᾰ
hē hêssa 		τὼ ἥσσᾱ
tṑ hḗssā 		αἱ ἧσσαι
hai hêssai
Genitive τῆς ἥσσης
tês hḗssēs 		τοῖν ἥσσαιν
toîn hḗssain 		τῶν ἡσσῶν
tôn hēssôn
Dative τῇ ἥσσῃ
têi hḗssēi 		τοῖν ἥσσαιν
toîn hḗssain 		ταῖς ἥσσαις
taîs hḗssais
Accusative τὴν ἧσσᾰν
tḕn hêssan 		τὼ ἥσσᾱ
tṑ hḗssā 		τᾱ̀ς ἥσσᾱς
tā̀s hḗssās
Vocative ἧσσᾰ
hêssa 		ἥσσᾱ
hḗssā 		ἧσσαι
hêssai
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ήττα (ítta)

References

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