βαίεσσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βλίσσα (blíssa) — possible correction

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Albanian *waiša whence Albanian vesh (“vine”).[1]

Noun

βαίεσσα • (baíessa) f

(hapax) bunch of grapes
Synonym: βότρυς (bótrus)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β.74:
  βαίεσσα· βότρυς
  baíessa; bótrus
  baíessa: bunch of grapes

References

Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎, page 41

Further reading

“βαίεσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βλίσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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