ψυκτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “to cool, refresh”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/ → /psykˈtir/ → /psikˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psykˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psykˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psykˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psikˈtir/

Noun

ψῠκτήρ • (psŭktḗr) m (genitive ψῠκτῆρος); third declension

1. wine cooler
2. (in the plural) cool, shady places for recreation

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ψῠκτήρ; τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῠκτήρ ho psŭktḗr	τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psŭktêre	οἱ ψῠκτῆρες hoi psŭktêres
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος toû psŭktêros	τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psŭktḗroin	τῶν ψῠκτήρων tôn psŭktḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠκτῆρῐ tôi psŭktêrĭ	τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psŭktḗroin	τοῖς ψῠκτῆρσῐ / ψῠκτῆρσῐν toîs psŭktêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ψῠκτῆρᾰ tòn psŭktêră	τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psŭktêre	τοὺς ψῠκτῆρᾰς toùs psŭktêrăs
Vocative	ψῠκτήρ psŭktḗr	ψῠκτῆρε psŭktêre	ψῠκτῆρες psŭktêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψῠκτηρῐ́δῐον (psŭktērĭ́dĭon)
• ψῠκτηρῐ́σκος (psŭktērĭ́skos)

Descendants

• → English: psykter

Further reading

• “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψυκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette