ψιλός
See also: ψηλός
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psiː.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psiˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psiˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psiˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiˈlos/
Adjective
ψῑλός • (psīlós) m (feminine ψῑλή, neuter ψῑλόν); first/second declension
- naked, bare
- bald, smooth
- unclad, uncovered
- small, frail, delicate
- simple
- (military) light (troops)
- unarmed
- (of words) without meter (i.e. prose)
- (poetry) without music (Epic vs Lyrical)
- (singing) without music (a capella)
- (music) without singing (instrumentals)
- (grammar) without the rough breathing (i.e. with the smooth breathing)
- (grammar) describing the unaspirated voiceless stops, π (p), τ (t), κ (k), as opposed to the aspirated voiceless stops, φ (ph), χ (kh), θ (th)
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ψῑλός psīlós |
ψῑλή psīlḗ |
ψῑλόν psīlón |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλᾱ́ psīlā́ |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλοί psīloí |
ψῑλαί psīlaí |
ψῑλᾰ́ psīlá | |||||
Genitive | ψῑλοῦ psīloû |
ψῑλῆς psīlês |
ψῑλοῦ psīloû |
ψῑλοῖν psīloîn |
ψῑλαῖν psīlaîn |
ψῑλοῖν psīloîn |
ψῑλῶν psīlôn |
ψῑλῶν psīlôn |
ψῑλῶν psīlôn | |||||
Dative | ψῑλῷ psīlôi |
ψῑλῇ psīlêi |
ψῑλῷ psīlôi |
ψῑλοῖν psīloîn |
ψῑλαῖν psīlaîn |
ψῑλοῖν psīloîn |
ψῑλοῖς psīloîs |
ψῑλαῖς psīlaîs |
ψῑλοῖς psīloîs | |||||
Accusative | ψῑλόν psīlón |
ψῑλήν psīlḗn |
ψῑλόν psīlón |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλᾱ́ psīlā́ |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλούς psīloús |
ψῑλᾱ́ς psīlā́s |
ψῑλᾰ́ psīlá | |||||
Vocative | ψῑλέ psīlé |
ψῑλή psīlḗ |
ψῑλόν psīlón |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλᾱ́ psīlā́ |
ψῑλώ psīlṓ |
ψῑλοί psīloí |
ψῑλαί psīlaí |
ψῑλᾰ́ psīlá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψῑλῶς psīlôs |
ψῑλότερος psīlóteros |
ψῑλότᾰτος psīlótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Antonyms
- (hairless, without rough breathing, unaspirated): δασύς (dasús)
Derived terms
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ψῑλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 1668-1669
Further reading
- ψῑλός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψιλός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψιλός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ψιλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ψιλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bald idem, page 60.
- bare idem, page 62.
- barren idem, page 63.
- blank idem, page 81.
- clear idem, page 136.
- defenceless idem, page 204.
- denude idem, page 211.
- divest idem, page 243.
- hairless idem, page 381.
- leafless idem, page 482.
- light-armed idem, page 490.
- mere idem, page 525.
- naked idem, page 550.
- open idem, page 574.
- pure idem, page 658.
- treeless idem, page 893.
- unaccompanied idem, page 906.
- unarmed idem, page 907.
- unsubstantiated idem, page 933.
- unsupported idem, page 933.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψιλός (psilós, “naked”).
Declension
declension of ψιλός
number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ψιλός | ψιλή | ψιλό | ψιλοί | ψιλές | ψιλά |
genitive | ψιλού | ψιλής | ψιλού | ψιλών | ψιλών | ψιλών |
accusative | ψιλό | ψιλή | ψιλό | ψιλούς | ψιλές | ψιλά |
vocative | ψιλέ | ψιλή | ψιλό | ψιλοί | ψιλές | ψιλά |
derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο ψιλός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ψιλός (o pio psilós), etc.) |
degrees of comparison by suffixation
comparative | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ψιλότερος | ψιλότερη | ψιλότερο | ψιλότεροι | ψιλότερες | ψιλότερα |
genitive | ψιλότερου | ψιλότερης | ψιλότερου | ψιλότερων | ψιλότερων | ψιλότερων |
accusative | ψιλότερο | ψιλότερη | ψιλότερο | ψιλότερους | ψιλότερες | ψιλότερα |
vocative | ψιλότερε | ψιλότερη | ψιλότερο | ψιλότεροι | ψιλότερες | ψιλότερα |
derivations | relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο ψιλότερος", etc) | |||||
absolute superlative | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ψιλότατος | ψιλότατη | ψιλότατο | ψιλότατοι | ψιλότατες | ψιλότατα |
genitive | ψιλότατου | ψιλότατης | ψιλότατου | ψιλότατων | ψιλότατων | ψιλότατων |
accusative | ψιλότατο | ψιλότατη | ψιλότατο | ψιλότατους | ψιλότατες | ψιλότατα |
vocative | ψιλότατε | ψιλότατη | ψιλότατο | ψιλότατοι | ψιλότατες | ψιλότατα |
See also
- compare with: ψηλός (psilós, “tall”)
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