- ὕσσωπον (hússōpon), ὕσωπος (húsōpos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈys.so.pos/ → /ˈi.so.pos/
Noun
ὕσσωπος • (hússōpos) f (genitive ὑσσώπου); second declension
- A species of Origanum
- (biblical) used to translate Biblical Hebrew אֵזוֹב (ʾēzôḇ), Origanum syriacum
Usage notes
- Although the taxonomic name Hyssopus is ultimately derived from this term, in Ancient Greek it doesn't refer to the same plant. Likewise, although biblical usage refers to Origanum syriacum, non-biblical usage such as in Dioscorides' De Materia Medica seems to refer to some other species of Origanum.
- Some scholars consider the occurrence in John 19:29 of the Christian New Testament to be a scribal error:
σκεῦος ἔκειτο ὄξους μεστόν· σπόγγον οὖν μεστὸν τοῦ ὄξους ὑσσώπῳ περιθέντες προσήνεγκαν αὐτοῦ τῷ στόματι.- skeûos ékeito óxous mestón; spóngon oûn mestòn toû óxous hussṓpōi perithéntes prosḗnenkan autoû tôi stómati.
- Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
- In early manuscripts with no spacing between words and no diacritics, it would be very easy to repeat letters, so υσσωπεριθεντες might have been copied as υσσωπωπεριθεντες. A spear, ὑσσός (hussós) (dative singular ὑσσῷ (hussôi)), makes much more sense here than a low-growing herb, but the highly symbolic association of ὕσσωπος with the Passover would be too good for later scribes to question.
Inflection
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ἡ ὕσσωπος hē hússōpos |
τὼ ὑσσώπω tṑ hussṓpō |
αἱ ὕσσωποι hai hússōpoi |
τῆς ὑσσώπου tês hussṓpou |
τοῖν ὑσσώποιν toîn hussṓpoin |
τῶν ὑσσώπων tôn hussṓpōn |
τῇ ὑσσώπῳ têi hussṓpōi |
τοῖν ὑσσώποιν toîn hussṓpoin |
ταῖς ὑσσώποις taîs hussṓpois |
τὴν ὕσσωπον tḕn hússōpon |
τὼ ὑσσώπω tṑ hussṓpō |
τᾱ̀ς ὑσσώπους tā̀s hussṓpous |
ὕσσωπε hússōpe |
ὑσσώπω hussṓpō |
ὕσσωποι hússōpoi |
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Descendants
- Greek: ύσσωπος (ýssopos)
- → Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܐܣܘܦܘܣ
- → Gothic: 𐌷𐍅𐍃𐍃𐍉𐍀𐍉𐌽 (hwssōpōn)
- → Latin: hȳsōpum
- Medieval Latin: hȳsōpus
- → Catalan: hisop
- → Old French: ysope
- → Italian: issopo
- → Occitan: isòp
- → Portuguese: hissopo
- → Spanish: hisopo
- → Old English: ȳsōpe
- → Czech: yzop
- → Old High German: hysop
- Old High German: isopo, isipo
- Middle High German: isôpe, ysôpe
- Piedmontese: issòp, isòp
- → Polish: hyzop
- → Slovak: yzop
- → Romanian: isop
- → Russian: иссо́п (issóp)