psallo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.loː/, [ˈps̠älːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.lo/, [ˈpsälːo]

Verb

psallō (present infinitive psallere, perfect active psallī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to make a bowstring twang to send forth an arrow
2. to pluck a string with the fingers (but never with a plectrum)
3. to play, or sing to, a named instrument (such as the cithara or other instrument)
4. to sing or play a tune
5. to sing the psalms

Usage notes

• Used transitively in Medieval Latin in the meaning "to sing (a psalm)".

Conjugation

   Conjugation of psallō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	psallō		psallis		psallit		psallimus		psallitis		psallunt
	imperfect	psallēbam		psallēbās		psallēbat		psallēbāmus		psallēbātis		psallēbant
	future	psallam		psallēs		psallet		psallēmus		psallētis		psallent
	perfect	psallī		psallistī		psallit		psallimus		psallistis		psallērunt, psallēre
	pluperfect	psalleram		psallerās		psallerat		psallerāmus		psallerātis		psallerant
	future perfect	psallerō		psalleris		psallerit		psallerimus		psalleritis		psallerint
passive	present	—		—		psallitur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		psallēbātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		psallētur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	psallam		psallās		psallat		psallāmus		psallātis		psallant
	imperfect	psallerem		psallerēs		psalleret		psallerēmus		psallerētis		psallerent
	perfect	psallerim		psallerīs		psallerit		psallerīmus		psallerītis		psallerint
	pluperfect	psallissem		psallissēs		psallisset		psallissēmus		psallissētis		psallissent
passive	present	—		—		psallātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		psallerētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		psalle		—		—		psallite		—
	future	—		psallitō		psallitō		—		psallitōte		psalluntō
passive	future	—		—		psallitor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		psallere			psallī			psallēns			—
future		—			—			—			psallendum, psallundum
perfect		psallisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		psallendī		psallendō		psallendum		psallendō		—		—

References

• “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• psallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.