"πεσσός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πεσσός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pes.sós/, /pesˈsos/, /peˈsos/, /pes.sós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pesˈsos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pesˈsos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /pesˈsos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /peˈsos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Loanword of unknown origin. A Semitic etymology has been proposed, comparing Hittite [script needed] (piššu, “rock, block of stone”). According to Beekes, the word may well be Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=unknown}} unknown, {{cog|hit|t=rock, block of stone|tr=piššu}} Hittite [script needed] (piššu, “rock, block of stone”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|πεσσοῦ|m|second}} πεσσός • (pessós) m (genitive πεσσοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πεσσός|οῦ|form=M}} Forms: pessós [romanization], πεσσοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ πεσσός [nominative, singular], τὼ πεσσώ [dual, nominative], οἱ πεσσοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ πεσσοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν πεσσοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν πεσσῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ πεσσῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν πεσσοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς πεσσοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν πεσσόν [accusative, singular], τὼ πεσσώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς πεσσούς [accusative, plural], πεσσέ [singular, vocative], πεσσώ [dual, vocative], πεσσοί [plural, vocative], πεττός [alternative]
  1. oval shaped stone used in board games
    Sense id: en-πεσσός-grc-noun-XLswuk0C
  2. board on which the game was played
    Sense id: en-πεσσός-grc-noun-jGwwggPp
  3. (architecture) cubic mass of building, terrace Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-πεσσός-grc-noun-WLVRafar Topics: architecture
  4. (anatomy) limbal ring Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-πεσσός-grc-noun-F7E8tq5C Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 10 6 54 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 27 9 16 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 11 4 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 11 2 55 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: πεσσᾰ́ρῐον (pessắrĭon), πεσσείᾰ (pesseíă), πεσσευτής (pesseutḗs), πεσσεύω (pesseúō), πεσσῐκός (pessĭkós), πέσσῐον (péssĭon), πεσσονομέω (pessonoméō), πεσσοποιέομαι (pessopoiéomai)
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      "ipa": "/pes.sós/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈsos/"
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      "ipa": "/pes.sós/",
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      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/peˈsos/",
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}
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) limbal ring"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pes.sós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈsos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pes.sós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pesˈsos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈsos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πεσσός"
}

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