ψίθιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψῠ́θῐος (psúthios)

Etymology

Unknown. Probably Pre-Greek, according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psí.tʰi.os/ → /ˈpsi.θi.os/ → /ˈpsi.θi.os/

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

Adjective

ψῐ́θῐος • (psíthios) m (feminine ψῐθῐ́ᾱ, neuter ψῐ́θῐον); first/second declension

1. epithet of a kind of grape

Inflection

First and second declension of ψῐ́θῐος; ψῐθῐ́ᾱ; ψῐ́θῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψῐ́θῐος psíthios	ψῐθῐ́ᾱ psithíā	ψῐ́θῐον psíthion		ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō	ψῐθῐ́ᾱ psithíā	ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō		ψῐ́θῐοι psíthioi	ψῐ́θῐαι psíthiai	ψῐ́θῐᾰ psíthia
Genitive		ψῐθῐ́ου psithíou	ψῐθῐ́ᾱς psithíās	ψῐθῐ́ου psithíou		ψῐθῐ́οιν psithíoin	ψῐθῐ́αιν psithíain	ψῐθῐ́οιν psithíoin		ψῐθῐ́ων psithíōn	ψῐθῐ́ων psithíōn	ψῐθῐ́ων psithíōn
Dative		ψῐθῐ́ῳ psithíōi	ψῐθῐ́ᾳ psithíāi	ψῐθῐ́ῳ psithíōi		ψῐθῐ́οιν psithíoin	ψῐθῐ́αιν psithíain	ψῐθῐ́οιν psithíoin		ψῐθῐ́οις psithíois	ψῐθῐ́αις psithíais	ψῐθῐ́οις psithíois
Accusative		ψῐ́θῐον psíthion	ψῐθῐ́ᾱν psithíān	ψῐ́θῐον psíthion		ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō	ψῐθῐ́ᾱ psithíā	ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō		ψῐθῐ́ους psithíous	ψῐθῐ́ᾱς psithíās	ψῐ́θῐᾰ psíthia
Vocative		ψῐ́θῐε psíthie	ψῐθῐ́ᾱ psithíā	ψῐ́θῐον psíthion		ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō	ψῐθῐ́ᾱ psithíā	ψῐθῐ́ω psithíō		ψῐ́θῐοι psíthioi	ψῐ́θῐαι psíthiai	ψῐ́θῐᾰ psíthia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψῐθῐ́ως psithíōs				ψῐθῐώτερος psithiṓteros				ψῐθῐώτᾰτος psithiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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