"Ἔμπουσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἔμπουσα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ém.puː.sa/, /ˈem.pu.sa/, /ˈem.bu.sa/, /ém.puː.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈem.pu.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈem.pu.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈem.pu.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈem.bu.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A folk etymology construes the name to mean "one-footed", from ἕν (hén) + πούς (poús, “foot”). However, as Beekes notes, the word is probably Pre-Greek in view of the suffix -ουσα; compare ἄγχουσα (ánkhousa), αἴθουσα (aíthousa), κάδουσα (kádousa) and νήθουσα (nḗthousa). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἕν|πούς|t2=foot}} ἕν (hén) + πούς (poús, “foot”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{lang|grc|-ουσα}} -ουσα Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἔμπουσᾰ|Ἐμπούσης|f|first}} Ἔμπουσᾰ • (Émpousă) f (genitive Ἐμπούσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἔμπουσᾰ|ης|form=sing}} Forms: Ἔμπουσᾰ [canonical], Émpousă [romanization], Ἐμπούσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ἔμπουσᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἐμπούσης [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἐμπούσῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἔμπουσᾰν [accusative, singular], Ἔμπουσᾰ [singular, vocative]
  1. (mythology) Empusa, a kind of shape-shifting spectre said to be sent by Hecate Wikipedia link: Empusa Categories (topical): Mythology
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