φῦσιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φῡσῐγγη (phūsingē)

Etymology

From φῦσᾰ (phûsa, “bellows; bladder”), with a typical Pre-Greek suffix -ιγξ.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φῦσῐγξ • (phûsinx) f (genitive φῡ́σῐγγος); third declension

  1. blister on the heel caused by a burn
  2. stalk of garlic or the outer coat of a clove or garlic
  3. particular kind of garlic

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ φῦσῐγξ; τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φῦσῐγξ
hē phûsinx		 τὼ φῡ́σῐγγε
tṑ phū́singe		 αἱ φῡ́σῐγγες
hai phū́singes
Genitive τῆς φῡ́σῐγγος
tês phū́singos		 τοῖν φῡσῐ́γγοιν
toîn phūsíngoin		 τῶν φῡσῐ́γγων
tôn phūsíngōn
Dative τῇ φῡ́σῐγγῐ
têi phū́singi		 τοῖν φῡσῐ́γγοιν
toîn phūsíngoin		 ταῖς φῡ́σῐγξῐ / φῡ́σῐγξῐν
taîs phū́sinxi(n)
Accusative τὴν φῡ́σῐγγᾰ
tḕn phū́singa		 τὼ φῡ́σῐγγε
tṑ phū́singe		 τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σῐγγᾰς
tā̀s phū́singas
Vocative φῦσῐγξ
phûsinx		 φῡ́σῐγγε
phū́singe		 φῡ́σῐγγες
phū́singes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • φῡσῐγγόομαι (phūsingóomai)
  • φῡσῐγγῐστής (phūsingistḗs)

Descendants
  • → Persian: فشنگ (fešang)

Further reading
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