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 • (psákalon) 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 psákalon	τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psakálō	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tà psákala
Genitive	τοῦ ψᾰκᾰ́λου toû psakálou	τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psakáloin	τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́λων tôn psakálōn
Dative	τῷ ψᾰκᾰ́λῳ tôi psakálōi	τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psakáloin	τοῖς ψᾰκᾰ́λοις toîs psakálois
Accusative	τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον tò psákalon	τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psakálō	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tà psákala
Vocative	ψᾰ́κᾰλον psákalon	ψᾰκᾰ́λω psakálō	ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ psákala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψᾰκᾰλοῦχος (psakaloûkhos)

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