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ἄσσα

From LSJ

Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Full diacritics: ἄσσα Medium diacritics: ἄσσα Low diacritics: άσσα Capitals: ΑΣΣΑ
Transliteration A: ássa Transliteration B: assa Transliteration C: assa Beta Code: a)/ssa

English (LSJ)

Ion. for ἅτινα, neut. pl. of ὅστις, Il.10.208, al., Hdt.1.47, al.; Att. ἅττα Pl.Com.49, etc.
II ἄσσα, Ion. for τινά, Att. ἄττα, something, some, Hom. only once, ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα what sort, Od.19.218; πόσ' ἄττα; Ar.Ra.173; δείν' ἄ. ib.925; οἷ' ἄττα βαΰζει Cratin. 6, etc.: with numerals, δύ' ἄττα ὀνόματα, τρία ἄττα γένη, Pl.Sph.255c, Ly.216d: added to a temporal Conj., πηνίκ' ἄττα..; Ar.Av.1514, etc. (ἄσσα (ἄττα) arises from false division of groups like ὁποῖά σσα where σσα = τι-α, neut. pl. of τις, cf. Megarian σά.)

Spanish (DGE)

uelἅσσα v. τις

German (Pape)

[Seite 374] att. ἄττα, = τινά, Hom. nur ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα Od. 19, 218, was wohl für welche? – ἅσσα, att, ἅττα, = ἅτινα, Hom. Iliad. 1, 554. 9, 367. 10, 208. 409. 20, 127 Od. 5, 188. 7, 197. 11, 74; Her. 1, 47.

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. ἄττα.

English (Autenrieth)

τινά.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
ἄσσα (ιων. τ. του τινά), αττ. ἄττα (Α)
μερικά, κάμποσα.
(II)
ἅσσα (ιων. τ. του ἅτινα, πληθ. ουδ. του ὅστις) (αττ. ἅττα)
τα οποία.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἄσσα: ион. = ἄττα II.

Frisk Etymological English

Att. ἄττα = τινὰ; ἅσσα, Att. ἅττα = ἅτινα n. pl.
See also: τίς

Frisk Etymology German

ἄσσα: {ássa}
Forms: att. ἄττα
Grammar: n. pl.
Meaning: = τινὰ, ἅττα = ἅτινα.
See also: S. τίς.
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