ψιάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψίδες (psídes)

Etymology

This word is found beside ψακάς (psakás, “drop”); this points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psi.ás/ → /psiˈas/ → /psiˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psi.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psiˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psiˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psiˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiˈas/

Noun

ψῐᾰ́ς • (psiás) f (genitive ψῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. drop

   Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), ῥανίς (rhanís), σταγών (stagṓn), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ψῐᾰ́ς; τῆς ψῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῐᾰ́ς hē psiás	τὼ ψῐᾰ́δε tṑ psiáde	αἱ ψῐᾰ́δες hai psiádes
Genitive	τῆς ψῐᾰ́δος tês psiádos	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́δοιν toîn psiádoin	τῶν ψῐᾰ́δων tôn psiádōn
Dative	τῇ ψῐᾰ́δῐ têi psiádi	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́δοιν toîn psiádoin	ταῖς ψῐᾰ́σῐ / ψῐᾰ́σῐν taîs psiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ψῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn psiáda	τὼ ψῐᾰ́δε tṑ psiáde	τᾱ̀ς ψῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s psiádas
Vocative	ψῐᾰ́ς psiás	ψῐᾰ́δε psiáde	ψῐᾰ́δες psiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ψιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ψιάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ψιάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ψιάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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