ψίμυθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψημύθιον (psēmúthion), ψιμίθιον (psimíthion), ψιμμίθιον (psimmíthion)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variations prove a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psǐː.my.tʰos/ → /ˈpsi.my.θos/ → /ˈpsi.mi.θos/

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

Noun

ψῑ́μῠθος • (psī́mŭthos) m (genitive ψῑμῠ́θου); second declension

1. white lead, especially used as a pigment to whiten the skin

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψῑ́μῠθος; τοῦ ψῑμῠ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῑ́μῠθος ho psī́mŭthos	τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmŭ́thō	οἱ ψῑ́μῠθοι hoi psī́mŭthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ψῑμῠ́θου toû psīmŭ́thou	τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmŭ́thoin	τῶν ψῑμῠ́θων tôn psīmŭ́thōn
Dative	τῷ ψῑμῠ́θῳ tôi psīmŭ́thōi	τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmŭ́thoin	τοῖς ψῑμῠ́θοις toîs psīmŭ́thois
Accusative	τὸν ψῑ́μῠθον tòn psī́mŭthon	τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmŭ́thō	τοὺς ψῑμῠ́θους toùs psīmŭ́thous
Vocative	ψῑ́μῠθε psī́mŭthe	ψῑμῠ́θω psīmŭ́thō	ψῑ́μῠθοι psī́mŭthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψῑμῠθῐ́ζω (psīmŭthĭ́zō)
• ψῑμῠ́θῐον (psīmŭ́thĭon)
• ψῑμῠθῐοφᾰνής (psīmŭthĭophănḗs)
• ψῑμῠθῐόω (psīmŭthĭóō)
• ψῑμῠθῐστής (psīmŭthĭstḗs)
• ψῑμῠθοειδής (psīmŭthoeidḗs)

Further reading

• “ψίμυθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψίμυθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψίμυθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1669