-ισσα

See also: ἴσσα

Ancient Greek

Extracted from feminine derivations in -ια (-ia) of demonyms in -ικ- (with palatalisation), like Κίλισσα (Kílissa) from Κίλιξ (Kílix).

-ῐσσᾰ • (-issa) f (genitive -ῐ́σσης); first declension

femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
‎στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎στῡλῑ́τῐσσᾰ f (stūlī́tissa)

First declension of -ῐσσᾰ; -ῐσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῐσσᾰ -issa	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσαι -issai
Genitive	-ῐσσης -issēs	-ῐσσαιν -issain	-ῐσσῶν -issôn
Dative	-ῐσσῃ -issēi	-ῐσσαιν -issain	-ῐσσαις -issais
Accusative	-ῐσσᾰν -issan	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσᾱς -issās
Vocative	-ῐσσᾰ -issa	-ῐσσᾱ -issā	-ῐσσαι -issai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα

-ισσα • (-issa) f

feminises masculine nouns ending in -ας, -ης, -ος, etc.
‎βασιλιάς m (vasiliás, “king”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎βασίλισσα f (vasílissa, “queen”)

‎μάγειρας m (mágeiras, “cook”) + ‎-ισσα (-issa) → ‎μαγείρισσα f (mageírissa, “cook”)

declension of -ισσα

Greek terms suffixed with -ισσα

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