1. νύσσα · nyssa — Beekes
turning post in the race-course, starting point and goal of the contest
The corpus record
νύσσα
nussa
turning post in the race-course, starting point and goal of the contest
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Senses
2. νύσσα · nyssa — Chantraine
arrivée (1|., Od., poètes). Et.: L
3. νύσσα · nyssa — Frisk
Wendemarke in der Rennbahn, Ausgangspunkt und Ziel des Wettlaufs
4. νύσσα · nyssa — LSJ
turning-post
Attestations
- νύσσα · nyssa Iliad 23.332
- νύσσῃ · nyssēi Iliad 23.338
- νύσσῃ · nyssēi Iliad 23.344
- νύσσης · nyssēs Iliad 23.758
- νύσσης · nyssēs Odyssey 8.121
- νύσσῃ · nyssēi Plato, Ion 537
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Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1079; entry #4378 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 777; entry #5696 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1300-1301; entry #4128 Review: Under source audit
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