ψίξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψίω (psíō, “I feed on”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psǐːks/ → /psiks/ → /psiks/

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

Noun

ψῑ́ξ • (psī́x) m or f (genitive ψῑχός); third declension

1. crumb, morsel, bit (especially of bread)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ψῑ́ξ; τοῦ, τῆς ψῑχός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ψῑ́ξ ho, hē psī́x	τὼ ψῖχε tṑ psîkhe	οἱ, αἱ ψῖχες hoi, hai psîkhes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ψῑχός toû, tês psīkhós	τοῖν ψῑχοῖν toîn psīkhoîn	τῶν ψῑχῶν tôn psīkhôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ψῑχῐ́ tôi, têi psīkhí	τοῖν ψῑχοῖν toîn psīkhoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς ψῑξῐ́ / ψῑξῐ́ν toîs, taîs psīxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ψῖχᾰ tòn, tḕn psîkha	τὼ ψῖχε tṑ psîkhe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ψῖχᾰς toùs, tā̀s psîkhas
Vocative	ψῑ́ξ psī́x	ψῖχε psîkhe	ψῖχες psîkhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Hesychius also has the plurals ψίχαι (psíkhai) and ψίχηνα (psíkhēna)

Derived terms

• ψῑχάρπαξ (psīkhárpax)
• ψῑχῐ́δῐον (psīkhídion)
• ψῑχῐ́ον (psīkhíon)
• ψῑχῐώδης (psīkhiṓdēs)
• ψῑχολογέω (psīkhologéō)

 

Further reading

• “ψίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψίξ 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