άβυσσος

See also: ἄβυσσος

Greek

Alternative forms

colloquial, vernacular:

άβυσσος as masculine
άβυσσο f (ávysso)

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). For the scientific term, semantic loan from English abyss or French abysse.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.sos/
Hyphenation: ά‧βυσ‧σος

Noun

άβυσσος • (ávyssos) f (plural άβυσσοι)

abyss, deep chasm
(oceanography) abyss, abyssal zone
chaos
(figuratively) deep despair when facing the abyss of extinction or death

Declension

declension of άβυσσος

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	άβυσσος •	άβυσσοι •
genitive	αβύσσου •	αβύσσων •
accusative	άβυσσο •	αβύσσους •
vocative	άβυσσε •, άβυσσο •	άβυσσοι •

Derived terms

άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου (ávyssos i psychí tou anthrópou, “there's nowt so queer as folk”, literally “an abyss [is] the soul of man”)
στο χείλος της αβύσσου (sto cheílos tis avýssou, “on the brink of the abyss”)

Related terms

άβυθος (ávythos, “without seabed”)
αβυσσαλέος (avyssaléos, “deep, abyssal, bottomless”)
βυσσοδομώ (vyssodomó)
* and see: βυθός (vythós) & the ancient βυσσός (bussós)

References

άβυσσος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
άβυσσος - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language

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