ψωρός

See also: ψῶρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψώρα (psṓra, “mange”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɔː.rós/ → /psoˈros/ → /psoˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psoˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psoˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psoˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psoˈros/

Adjective

ψωρός • (psōrós) m (feminine ψωρᾱ́, neuter ψωρόν); first/second declension

1. itchy, scabby, mangy

Inflection

First and second declension of ψωρός; ψωρᾱ́; ψωρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψωρός psōrós	ψωρᾱ́ psōrā́	ψωρόν psōrón		ψωρώ psōrṓ	ψωρᾱ́ psōrā́	ψωρώ psōrṓ		ψωροί psōroí	ψωραί psōraí	ψωρᾰ́ psōrá
Genitive		ψωροῦ psōroû	ψωρᾶς psōrâs	ψωροῦ psōroû		ψωροῖν psōroîn	ψωραῖν psōraîn	ψωροῖν psōroîn		ψωρῶν psōrôn	ψωρῶν psōrôn	ψωρῶν psōrôn
Dative		ψωρῷ psōrôi	ψωρᾷ psōrâi	ψωρῷ psōrôi		ψωροῖν psōroîn	ψωραῖν psōraîn	ψωροῖν psōroîn		ψωροῖς psōroîs	ψωραῖς psōraîs	ψωροῖς psōroîs
Accusative		ψωρόν psōrón	ψωρᾱ́ν psōrā́n	ψωρόν psōrón		ψωρώ psōrṓ	ψωρᾱ́ psōrā́	ψωρώ psōrṓ		ψωρούς psōroús	ψωρᾱ́ς psōrā́s	ψωρᾰ́ psōrá
Vocative		ψωρέ psōré	ψωρᾱ́ psōrā́	ψωρόν psōrón		ψωρώ psōrṓ	ψωρᾱ́ psōrā́	ψωρώ psōrṓ		ψωροί psōroí	ψωραί psōraí	ψωρᾰ́ psōrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψωρῶς psōrôs				ψωρότερος psōróteros				ψωρότᾰτος psōrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN