ψαθυρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψαδυρόν (psadurón)

Etymology

The formation looks like that of καπυρός (kapurós). possibly from ψάω (psáō, “crumble”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.tʰy.rós/ → /psa.θyˈros/ → /psa.θiˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.tʰy.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psa.tʰyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psa.θyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psa.θyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.θiˈros/

Adjective

ψᾰθῠρός • (psathurós) m or f (neuter ψᾰθῠρόν); second declension

1. friable, brittle

Declension

Second declension of ψᾰθῠρός; ψᾰθῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψᾰθῠρός psathurós	ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón		ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ	ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ		ψᾰθῠροί psathuroí	ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá
Genitive		ψᾰθῠροῦ psathuroû	ψᾰθῠροῦ psathuroû		ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn	ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn		ψᾰθῠρῶν psathurôn	ψᾰθῠρῶν psathurôn
Dative		ψᾰθῠρῷ psathurôi	ψᾰθῠρῷ psathurôi		ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn	ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn		ψᾰθῠροῖς psathuroîs	ψᾰθῠροῖς psathuroîs
Accusative		ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón	ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón		ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ	ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ		ψᾰθῠρούς psathuroús	ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá
Vocative		ψᾰθῠρέ psathuré	ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón		ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ	ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ		ψᾰθῠροί psathuroí	ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ψᾰθῠρῶς psathurôs			ψᾰθῠρώτερος psathurṓteros			ψᾰθῠρώτᾰτος psathurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψαθύρματᾰ (psathúrmata)
• ψαθυρόομαι (psathuróomai)
• ψαθυρότης (psathurótēs)
• ψαθύρῐον (psathúrion)

 

Further reading

• “ψαθυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψαθυρός 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