ψήφινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble, precious stone”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛ̌ː.pʰi.nos/ → /ˈpsi.ɸi.nos/ → /ˈpsi.fi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɛ̌ː.pʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpse̝.pʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.ɸi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/

Adjective

ψήφῐνος • (psḗphinos) m or f (neuter ψήφῐνον); second declension

1. made of marble

   Synonym: μαρμάρινος (marmárinos)

Declension

Second declension of ψήφῐνος; ψήφῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψήφῐνος psḗphinos	ψήφῐνον psḗphinon		ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō	ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō		ψήφῐνοι psḗphinoi	ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina
Genitive		ψηφῐ́νου psēphínou	ψηφῐ́νου psēphínou		ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin	ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin		ψηφῐ́νων psēphínōn	ψηφῐ́νων psēphínōn
Dative		ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphínōi	ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphínōi		ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin	ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin		ψηφῐ́νοις psēphínois	ψηφῐ́νοις psēphínois
Accusative		ψήφῐνον psḗphinon	ψήφῐνον psḗphinon		ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō	ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō		ψηφῐ́νους psēphínous	ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina
Vocative		ψήφῐνε psḗphine	ψήφῐνον psḗphinon		ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō	ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō		ψήφῐνοι psḗphinoi	ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ψηφῐ́νως psēphínōs			ψηφῐνώτερος psēphinṓteros			ψηφῐνώτᾰτος psēphinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψήφινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψήφινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette