ψῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψήχω (psḗkhō, “to rub down, curry”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ψῆγμᾰ • (psêgmă) n (genitive ψήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῆγμᾰ; τοῦ ψήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῆγμᾰ tò psêgmă	τὼ ψήγμᾰτε tṑ psḗgmăte	τᾰ̀ ψήγμᾰτᾰ tằ psḗgmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ψήγμᾰτος toû psḗgmătos	τοῖν ψηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēgmắtoin	τῶν ψηγμᾰ́των tôn psēgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ψήγμᾰτῐ tôi psḗgmătĭ	τοῖν ψηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēgmắtoin	τοῖς ψήγμᾰσῐ / ψήγμᾰσῐν toîs psḗgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῆγμᾰ tò psêgmă	τὼ ψήγμᾰτε tṑ psḗgmăte	τᾰ̀ ψήγμᾰτᾰ tằ psḗgmătă
Vocative	ψῆγμᾰ psêgmă	ψήγμᾰτε psḗgmăte	ψήγμᾰτᾰ psḗgmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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