ψίαθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψίεθος (psíethos)

Etymology

The formation is similar to γυργαθός (gurgathós) and κάλαθος (kálathos). The variation "α/ε" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psí.a.tʰos/ → /ˈpsi.a.θos/ → /ˈpsi.a.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psí.a.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/

Noun

ψῐ́ᾰθος • (psĭ́ăthos) f or m (genitive ψῐᾰ́θου); second declension

1. mat made of rush used for sleeping on

   Synonyms: κάνης (kánēs), σάμαξ (sámax)

2. blind, screen, covering for a window
3. sack used for carriage of wool or stone

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος; τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος hē psĭ́ăthos	τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psĭắthō	αἱ ψῐ́ᾰθοι hai psĭ́ăthoi
Genitive	τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου tês psĭắthou	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psĭắthoin	τῶν ψῐᾰ́θων tôn psĭắthōn
Dative	τῇ ψῐᾰ́θῳ têi psĭắthōi	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psĭắthoin	ταῖς ψῐᾰ́θοις taîs psĭắthois
Accusative	τὴν ψῐ́ᾰθον tḕn psĭ́ăthon	τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psĭắthō	τᾱ̀ς ψῐᾰ́θους tā̀s psĭắthous
Vocative	ψῐ́ᾰθε psĭ́ăthe	ψῐᾰ́θω psĭắthō	ψῐ́ᾰθοι psĭ́ăthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψιαθηδόν (psiathēdón)
• ψιαθίζομαι (psiathízomai)
• ψιάθιον (psiáthion)
• ψιαθοπλόκος (psiathoplókos)
• ψιαθώδης (psiathṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ψάθα (psátha)

Further reading

• “ψίαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψίαθος 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