"-ισσα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See -ισσα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /is.sa/, /is.sa/, /i.sa/, /is.sa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /is.sa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /is.sa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /is.sa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.sa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Extracted from feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in -ικ- (with palatalisation), like Κίλισσα (Kílissa) from Κίλιξ (Kílix). Head templates: {{grc-noun|-ῐσσᾰ|-ῐ́σσης|f|first}} -ῐσσᾰ • (-ĭssă) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|-ῐσσᾰ|ης}} Forms: -ῐσσᾰ [canonical], -ĭssă [romanization], -ῐ́σσης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], -ῐσσᾰ [nominative, singular], -ῐσσᾱ [dual, nominative], -ῐσσαι [nominative, plural], -ῐσσης [genitive, singular], -ῐσσαιν [dual, genitive], -ῐσσῶν [genitive, plural], -ῐσσῃ [dative, singular], -ῐσσαιν [dative, dual], -ῐσσαις [dative, plural], -ῐσσᾰν [accusative, singular], -ῐσσᾱ [accusative, dual], -ῐσσᾱς [accusative, plural], -ῐσσᾰ [singular, vocative], -ῐσσᾱ [dual, vocative], -ῐσσαι [plural, vocative]
  1. femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-ισσα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -ισσα (-issa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -ισσα (-issa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "-issa"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: -issa\nAromanian: -easã\nCatalan: -essa\nItalian: -essa\nOld French: -esse\nMiddle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse\nNorman: -êsse\n→ Middle Dutch: -esse\nDutch: -es, -esse\n→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess\nPortuguese: -esa\nRomanian: -easă, -esă\nSicilian: -issa\nSpanish: -esa\n→ Albanian: -eshë\n→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā\nWelsh: -es\nBreton: -ez",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: -issa\nAromanian: -easã\nCatalan: -essa\nItalian: -essa\nOld French: -esse\nMiddle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse\nNorman: -êsse\n→ Middle Dutch: -esse\nDutch: -es, -esse\n→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess\nPortuguese: -esa\nRomanian: -easă, -esă\nSicilian: -issa\nSpanish: -esa\n→ Albanian: -eshë\n→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā\nWelsh: -es\nBreton: -ez"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Extracted from feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in -ικ- (with palatalisation), like Κίλισσα (Kílissa) from Κίλιξ (Kílix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ĭssă",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐ́σσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "roman": "-ĭssă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαι",
      "roman": "-ĭssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσης",
      "roman": "-ĭssēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαιν",
      "roman": "-ĭssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσῶν",
      "roman": "-ĭssôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσῃ",
      "roman": "-ĭssēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαιν",
      "roman": "-ĭssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαις",
      "roman": "-ĭssais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰν",
      "roman": "-ĭssăn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱς",
      "roman": "-ĭssās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "roman": "-ĭssă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαι",
      "roman": "-ĭssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ῐσσᾰ",
        "2": "-ῐ́σσης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "-ῐσσᾰ • (-ĭssă) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ῐσσᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs) + -ισσα (-issa) → στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tĭssă)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension"
      ],
      "id": "en--ισσα-grc-noun-KTNKR~ye",
      "links": [
        [
          "femininize",
          "femininize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ισσα"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-ισσα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -ισσα (-issa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -ισσα (-issa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "-issa"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: -issa\nAromanian: -easã\nCatalan: -essa\nItalian: -essa\nOld French: -esse\nMiddle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse\nNorman: -êsse\n→ Middle Dutch: -esse\nDutch: -es, -esse\n→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess\nPortuguese: -esa\nRomanian: -easă, -esă\nSicilian: -issa\nSpanish: -esa\n→ Albanian: -eshë\n→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā\nWelsh: -es\nBreton: -ez",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: -issa\nAromanian: -easã\nCatalan: -essa\nItalian: -essa\nOld French: -esse\nMiddle French: -esse\nFrench: -esse\nNorman: -êsse\n→ Middle Dutch: -esse\nDutch: -es, -esse\n→ Middle English: -esse, -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is\nEnglish: -ess\nPortuguese: -esa\nRomanian: -easă, -esă\nSicilian: -issa\nSpanish: -esa\n→ Albanian: -eshë\n→ Proto-Brythonic: *-issā\nWelsh: -es\nBreton: -ez"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Extracted from feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in -ικ- (with palatalisation), like Κίλισσα (Kílissa) from Κίλιξ (Kílix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ĭssă",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐ́σσης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "roman": "-ĭssă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαι",
      "roman": "-ĭssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσης",
      "roman": "-ĭssēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαιν",
      "roman": "-ĭssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσῶν",
      "roman": "-ĭssôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσῃ",
      "roman": "-ĭssēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαιν",
      "roman": "-ĭssain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαις",
      "roman": "-ĭssais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰν",
      "roman": "-ĭssăn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱς",
      "roman": "-ĭssās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾰ",
      "roman": "-ĭssă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσᾱ",
      "roman": "-ĭssā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ῐσσαι",
      "roman": "-ĭssai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ῐσσᾰ",
        "2": "-ῐ́σσης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "-ῐσσᾰ • (-ĭssă) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ῐσσᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek feminine suffixes",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes",
        "Ancient Greek suffixes",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek unaccented terms",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs) + -ισσα (-issa) → στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tĭssă)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "femininize",
          "femininize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.sa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/is.sa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.sa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ισσα"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -ισσα meaning in Ancient Greek (4.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.