βύας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“owl”), see also Latin būbō, Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բուէճ (buēč), and Persian بوم (bum). The Indo-European root is onomatopoeic and was borrowed into Semitic languages such as Arabic بُوم (būm) and Classical Syriac ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwāʾ) and Caucasian languages such as Old Georgian ბუვი (buvi), Chechen бухӏа (buha), and Aghul бугьу.[1]
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈby.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβy.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvy.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.as/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βύᾱς ho búās |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
οἱ βύαι hoi búai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βύου toû búou |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τῶν βυῶν tôn buôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βύᾳ tôi búāi |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τοῖς βύαις toîs búais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βύᾱν tòn búān |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
τοὺς βύᾱς toùs búās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βύᾱ búā |
βύᾱ búā |
βύαι búai | ||||||||||
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References
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Further reading
- βύας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βύας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βύας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
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