ψαῦσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψαύω (psaúō, “to touch, to graze”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psâu̯z.ma/ → /ˈpsaβz.ma/ → /ˈpsavz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psâu̯z.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsawz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaβz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsavz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsavz.ma/

Noun

ψαῦσμᾰ • (psaûsma) n (genitive ψαύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. touch, caress

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ; τοῦ ψαύσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsma	τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmate	τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tà psaúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ ψαύσμᾰτος toû psaúsmatos	τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmátoin	τῶν ψαυσμᾰ́των tôn psausmátōn
Dative	τῷ ψαύσμᾰτῐ tôi psaúsmati	τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmátoin	τοῖς ψαύσμᾰσῐ / ψαύσμᾰσῐν toîs psaúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsma	τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmate	τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tà psaúsmata
Vocative	ψαῦσμᾰ psaûsma	ψαύσμᾰτε psaúsmate	ψαύσμᾰτᾰ psaúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψαῦσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψαῦσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette