ψυχότροφον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῦχος (psûkhos, “cold”) +‎ τρέφω (tréphō, “to maintain, sustain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰó.tro.pʰon/ → /psyˈxo.tro.ɸon/ → /psiˈxo.tro.fon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰó.tro.pʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psyˈkʰo.tro.pʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psyˈxo.tro.ɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psyˈxo.tro.fon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiˈxo.tro.fon/

Noun

ψῡχότροφον • (psūkhótrophon) n (genitive ψῡχοτρόφου); second declension

1. betony (Betonica officinalis)

   Synonym: κέστρον (késtron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψῡχότροφον; τοῦ ψῡχοτρόφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῡχότροφον tò psūkhótrophon	τὼ ψῡχοτρόφω tṑ psūkhotróphō	τᾰ̀ ψῡχότροφᾰ tà psūkhótropha
Genitive	τοῦ ψῡχοτρόφου toû psūkhotróphou	τοῖν ψῡχοτρόφοιν toîn psūkhotróphoin	τῶν ψῡχοτρόφων tôn psūkhotróphōn
Dative	τῷ ψῡχοτρόφῳ tôi psūkhotróphōi	τοῖν ψῡχοτρόφοιν toîn psūkhotróphoin	τοῖς ψῡχοτρόφοις toîs psūkhotróphois
Accusative	τὸ ψῡχότροφον tò psūkhótrophon	τὼ ψῡχοτρόφω tṑ psūkhotróphō	τᾰ̀ ψῡχότροφᾰ tà psūkhótropha
Vocative	ψῡχότροφον psūkhótrophon	ψῡχοτρόφω psūkhotróphō	ψῡχότροφᾰ psūkhótropha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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