ψαλόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently near-synonymous with χαλινός (khalinós, “bridle”). From the same root as ψάλιον (psálion, “curb-chain”), ψέλιον (psélion, “anklet worn by the Persians”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/ → /psaˈlon/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/

Noun

ψαλόν • (psalón) n

1. (hapax) a kind of bridle, a curb chain

   Synonym: χαλινός (khalinós)

   • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ψ:

     ψαλόν· εἶδος χαλινοῦ

     psalón; eîdos khalinoû

     psalón: a kind of bridle]

Further reading

• Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ
• 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