βρύσσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἄμβρυττος (ámbruttos)
  • βρύττος (brúttos) – Attic

Etymology

The variants, together with the prenasalization, prove that this is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βρύσσος • (brússos) m (genitive βρύσσου); second declension

  1. A kind of sea urchin

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βρῠ́σσος; τοῦ βρῠ́σσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βρῠ́σσος
ho brússos		 τὼ βρῠ́σσω
tṑ brússō		 οἱ βρῠ́σσοι
hoi brússoi
Genitive τοῦ βρῠ́σσου
toû brússou		 τοῖν βρῠ́σσοιν
toîn brússoin		 τῶν βρῠ́σσων
tôn brússōn
Dative τῷ βρῠ́σσῳ
tôi brússōi		 τοῖν βρῠ́σσοιν
toîn brússoin		 τοῖς βρῠ́σσοις
toîs brússois
Accusative τὸν βρῠ́σσον
tòn brússon		 τὼ βρῠ́σσω
tṑ brússō		 τοὺς βρῠ́σσους
toùs brússous
Vocative βρῠ́σσε
brússe		 βρῠ́σσω
brússō		 βρῠ́σσοι
brússoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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