ψαφαρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψαφερός (psapherós) — Ionic

Etymology

From a zero grade of ψῆφος (psêphos) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/ → /psa.ɸaˈros/ → /psa.faˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psa.pʰaˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psa.ɸaˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psa.faˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.faˈros/

Adjective

ψᾰφᾰρός • (psăphărós) m (feminine ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́, neuter ψᾰφᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. friable, powdery, crumbling, crumbly

   Synonym: ψαθυρός (psathurós)

2. sandy
3. thin, watery (of semi-liquids)
4. rough, dry (of wine)

Inflection

First and second declension of ψᾰφᾰρός; ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́; ψᾰφᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψᾰφᾰρός psăphărós	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psăphărā́	ψᾰφᾰρόν psăphărón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psăphărā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ		ψᾰφᾰροί psăphăroí	ψᾰφᾰραί psăphăraí	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psăphărắ
Genitive		ψᾰφᾰροῦ psăphăroû	ψᾰφᾰρᾶς psăphărâs	ψᾰφᾰροῦ psăphăroû		ψᾰφᾰροῖν psăphăroîn	ψᾰφᾰραῖν psăphăraîn	ψᾰφᾰροῖν psăphăroîn		ψᾰφᾰρῶν psăphărôn	ψᾰφᾰρῶν psăphărôn	ψᾰφᾰρῶν psăphărôn
Dative		ψᾰφᾰρῷ psăphărôi	ψᾰφᾰρᾷ psăphărâi	ψᾰφᾰρῷ psăphărôi		ψᾰφᾰροῖν psăphăroîn	ψᾰφᾰραῖν psăphăraîn	ψᾰφᾰροῖν psăphăroîn		ψᾰφᾰροῖς psăphăroîs	ψᾰφᾰραῖς psăphăraîs	ψᾰφᾰροῖς psăphăroîs
Accusative		ψᾰφᾰρόν psăphărón	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ν psăphărā́n	ψᾰφᾰρόν psăphărón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psăphărā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ		ψᾰφᾰρούς psăphăroús	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ς psăphărā́s	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psăphărắ
Vocative		ψᾰφᾰρέ psăphăré	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psăphărā́	ψᾰφᾰρόν psăphărón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psăphărā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psăphărṓ		ψᾰφᾰροί psăphăroí	ψᾰφᾰραί psăphăraí	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psăphărắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψᾰφᾰρῶς psăphărôs				ψᾰφᾰρώτερος psăphărṓteros				ψᾰφᾰρώτᾰτος psăphărṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψαφαρία (psapharía)
• ψαφαρίτης (psapharítēs)
• ψαφαρόθριξ (psapharóthrix)
• ψαφαρόομαι (psapharóomai)
• ψαφαροχαίτης (psapharokhaítēs)
• ψαφαρόχροος (psapharókhroos)

Further reading

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