ψωμός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Traditionally compared to Sanskrit प्साति (psāti, “to eat, consume”). However, Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, together with ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψώρα (psṓra, “mange”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy, scabby”), and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɔː.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psoˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psoˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psoˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psoˈmos/
Noun
[edit]ψωμός • (psōmós) m (genitive ψωμοῦ); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψωμός ho psōmós |
τὼ ψωμώ tṑ psōmṓ |
οἱ ψωμοί hoi psōmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψωμοῦ toû psōmoû |
τοῖν ψωμοῖν toîn psōmoîn |
τῶν ψωμῶν tôn psōmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψωμῷ tôi psōmôi |
τοῖν ψωμοῖν toîn psōmoîn |
τοῖς ψωμοῖς toîs psōmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψωμόν tòn psōmón |
τὼ ψωμώ tṑ psōmṓ |
τοὺς ψωμούς toùs psōmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψωμέ psōmé |
ψωμώ psōmṓ |
ψωμοί psōmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ψωμᾰ́ρῐον (psōmárion)
- ψώμηξ (psṓmēx)
- ψώμῐγξ (psṓminx)
- ψωμῐ́ζω (psōmízō)
- ψωμῐ́ον (psōmíon)
- ψωμῐ́ς (psōmís)
- ψώμῐσμᾰ (psṓmisma)
- ψωμῐσμός (psōmismós)
- ψωμόδουλος (psōmódoulos)
- ψωμοκόλᾰξ (psōmokólax)
- ψωμοκόλᾰφος (psōmokólaphos)
- ψωμόλεθρος (psōmólethros)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψῶ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1673
Further reading
[edit]- “ψωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψωμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension