ψάκαλον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ψαίκαλον (psaíkalon)
Etymology[edit]
From ψακάς (psakás, “drop”). The same metaphor is found with δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) and ἕρση (hérsē, “dew”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psá.ka.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.ka.lon/
Noun[edit]
ψάκᾰλον • (psákalon) n (genitive ψᾰκάλου); second declension
- new-born animal
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον tò psákalon |
τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psakálō |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tà psákala | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψᾰκᾰ́λου toû psakálou |
τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psakáloin |
τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́λων tôn psakálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψᾰκᾰ́λῳ tôi psakálōi |
τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́λοιν toîn psakáloin |
τοῖς ψᾰκᾰ́λοις toîs psakálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψᾰ́κᾰλον tò psákalon |
τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́λω tṑ psakálō |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ tà psákala | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰ́κᾰλον psákalon |
ψᾰκᾰ́λω psakálō |
ψᾰ́κᾰλᾰ psákala | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- ψᾰκᾰλοῦχος (psakaloûkhos)
Further reading[edit]
- “ψάκαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάκαλον 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