βλύσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλῠ́ζω (blúzō, “to bubble”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blý.sis/ → /ˈβly.sis/ → /ˈvli.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blý.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbly.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβly.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvly.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvli.sis/

Noun

βλῠ́σῐς • (blúsis) f (genitive βλῠ́σεως); third declension

1. bubbling

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βλῠ́σῐς; τῆς βλῠ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλῠ́σῐς hē blúsis	τὼ βλῠ́σει tṑ blúsei	αἱ βλῠ́σεις hai blúseis
Genitive	τῆς βλῠ́σεως tês blúseōs	τοῖν βλῠσέοιν toîn bluséoin	τῶν βλῠ́σεων tôn blúseōn
Dative	τῇ βλῠ́σει têi blúsei	τοῖν βλῠσέοιν toîn bluséoin	ταῖς βλῠ́σεσῐ / βλῠ́σεσῐν taîs blúsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βλῠ́σῐν tḕn blúsin	τὼ βλῠ́σει tṑ blúsei	τᾱ̀ς βλῠ́σεις tā̀s blúseis
Vocative	βλῠ́σῐ blúsi	βλῠ́σει blúsei	βλῠ́σεις blúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βλύσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλύσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλύσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)