ψήρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛ̌ːr/ → /psir/ → /psir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pse̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psir/

Noun

ψήρ • (psḗr) m (genitive ψηρός); third declension

1. Ionic form of ψάρ (psár, “starling”)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ψήρ; τοῦ ψηρός (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψήρ ho psḗr	τὼ ψῆρε tṑ psêre	οἱ ψῆρες hoi psêres
Genitive	τοῦ ψηρός toû psērós	τοῖν ψηροῖν toîn psēroîn	τῶν ψηρῶν tôn psērôn
Dative	τῷ ψηρῐ́ tôi psērĭ́	τοῖν ψηροῖν toîn psēroîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ψηρσῐ́ / ψηρσῐ́ν toîsĭ(n) psērsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν ψῆρᾰ tòn psêră	τὼ ψῆρε tṑ psêre	τοὺς ψῆρᾰς toùs psêrăs
Vocative	ψήρ psḗr	ψῆρε psêre	ψῆρες psêres
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ψήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963