ψῦξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψύχω (psúkhō, “to chill”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psŷːk.sis/ → /ˈpsyk.sis/ → /ˈpsik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psŷːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsik.sis/

Noun

ψῦξῐς • (psûxis) f (genitive ψῡ́ξεως); third declension

1. A cooling, a chilling
2. A being or becoming cold

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ψῦξῐς; τῆς ψῡ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῦξῐς hē psûxis	τὼ ψῡ́ξει tṑ psū́xei	αἱ ψῡ́ξεις hai psū́xeis
Genitive	τῆς ψῡ́ξεως tês psū́xeōs	τοῖν ψῡξέοιν toîn psūxéoin	τῶν ψῡ́ξεων tôn psū́xeōn
Dative	τῇ ψῡ́ξει têi psū́xei	τοῖν ψῡξέοιν toîn psūxéoin	ταῖς ψῡ́ξεσῐ / ψῡ́ξεσῐν taîs psū́xesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ψῦξῐν tḕn psûxin	τὼ ψῡ́ξει tṑ psū́xei	τᾱ̀ς ψῡ́ξεις tā̀s psū́xeis
Vocative	ψῦξῐ psûxi	ψῡ́ξει psū́xei	ψῡ́ξεις psū́xeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ψύξη (psýxi)

References

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