ψύγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψύχω (psúkhō, “I chill”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psýŋ.ma/ → /ˈpsyɣ.ma/ → /ˈpsiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psýŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsiɣ.ma/

Noun

ψύγμᾰ • (psúgma) n (genitive ψύγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A means of cooling
   1. (medicine) A cooling lotion, a cooling medicine
   2. A breath drawn, an inhalation
   3. A cold, chilling behaviour
   4. A chink, a fissure

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ; τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ tò psúgma	τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ psúgmate	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà psúgmata
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος toû psúgmatos	τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psugmátoin	τῶν ψῠγμᾰ́των tôn psugmátōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠ́γμᾰτῐ tôi psúgmati	τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psugmátoin	τοῖς ψῠ́γμᾰσῐ / ψῠ́γμᾰσῐν toîs psúgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ tò psúgma	τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ psúgmate	τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà psúgmata
Vocative	ψῠ́γμᾰ psúgma	ψῠ́γμᾰτε psúgmate	ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ psúgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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