ψάκαλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψαίκαλον (psaíkalon)

Etymology

From ψακάς (psakás, “drop”). The same metaphor is found with δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) and ἕρση (hérsē, “dew”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psá.ka.lon/ → /ˈpsa.ka.lon/ → /ˈpsa.ka.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psá.ka.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/

Noun

ψάκᾰλον • (psákălon) n (genitive ψᾰκάλου); second declension

1. new-born animal

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον; τοῦ ψᾰκᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον tò psắkălon	τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psăkắlō	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tằ psắkălă
Genitive	τοῦ ψᾰκᾰ́λου toû psăkắlou	τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psăkắloin	τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́λων tôn psăkắlōn
Dative	τῷ ψᾰκᾰ́λῳ tôi psăkắlōi	τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psăkắloin	τοῖς ψᾰκᾰ́λοις toîs psăkắlois
Accusative	τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον tò psắkălon	τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psăkắlō	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tằ psắkălă
Vocative	ψᾰ́κᾰλον psắkălon	ψᾰκᾰ́λω psăkắlō	ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ psắkălă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψᾰκᾰλοῦχος (psăkăloûkhos)

Further reading

• “ψάκαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψάκαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN