ψόθος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Closest to ψόλος (psólos, “soot”). Furnée connects ψοῖθος (psoîthos, “ashes”) and assumes also *ψῶδος (*psôdos, “dirt”), on the basis of ψωδαρέον (psōdaréon, “dry, parched; squalid, wretched”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psó.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpso.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpso.θos/
Noun
[edit]ψόθος • (psóthos) m (genitive ψόθου); second declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψόθος ho psóthos |
τὼ ψόθω tṑ psóthō |
οἱ ψόθοι hoi psóthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψόθου toû psóthou |
τοῖν ψόθοιν toîn psóthoin |
τῶν ψόθων tôn psóthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψόθῳ tôi psóthōi |
τοῖν ψόθοιν toîn psóthoin |
τοῖς ψόθοις toîs psóthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψόθον tòn psóthon |
τὼ ψόθω tṑ psóthō |
τοὺς ψόθους toùs psóthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψόθε psóthe |
ψόθω psóthō |
ψόθοι psóthoi | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- “ψόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ
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