ψόφος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Like ψεῦδος (pseûdos) and ψύθος (psúthos), it may originally be onomatopoeic and somehow belong with the interjection ψό (psó). Alternatively, Petersson derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes-, like ψύχω (psúkhō, “to breathe, blow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psó.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpso.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpso.fos/
Noun edit
ψόφος • (psóphos) m (genitive ψόφου); second declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψόφος ho psóphos |
τὼ ψόφω tṑ psóphō |
οἱ ψόφοι hoi psóphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψόφου toû psóphou |
τοῖν ψόφοιν toîn psóphoin |
τῶν ψόφων tôn psóphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψόφῳ tôi psóphōi |
τοῖν ψόφοιν toîn psóphoin |
τοῖς ψόφοις toîs psóphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψόφον tòn psóphon |
τὼ ψόφω tṑ psóphō |
τοὺς ψόφους toùs psóphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψόφε psóphe |
ψόφω psóphō |
ψόφοι psóphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Greek: ψόφος (psófos)
References edit
- “ψόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψόφος 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
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ψόφος (psóphos, “loud noise”), from Ancient Greek ψοφῶ (psophô, “to make loud noise”). The senses, since mediaeval times.[1] Also see ψοφάω (psofáo).
Noun edit
ψόφος • (psófos) m (plural ψόφοι) (usually in the singular)
- (colloquial) death (especially for animals)
- (colloquial) freezing cold, chill
- Κάνει ψόφο έξω!
- Kánei psófo éxo!
- It's freezing cold outside!
Declension edit
declension of ψόφος
Synonyms edit
- (death): θάνατος m (thánatos), θανατικό n (thanatikó)
- (freezing cold): ψοφόκρυο m (psofókryo), παγωνιά f (pagoniá)
Derived terms edit
- κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει (kakó skylí psófo den échei, “a creaking door hangs longest”) (literally, 'a bad dog doesn't have death')
- κακό ψόφο να 'χεις (kakó psófo na 'cheis, “may you perish badly!”)
Related terms edit
- see: ψοφάω (psofáo, “I die off”)
Etymology 2 edit
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ψόφος (psóphos), from ψό (psó, “pshaw! interjection of contempt and disgust”), of uncertain etymon.
Noun edit
ψόφος • (psófos) m (plural ψόφοι)
- (physiology, medicine or obsolete) noise [2]
- μυϊκός ψόφος ― myïkós psófos ― muscular noise
Declension edit
declension of ψόφος
Synonyms edit
Not related to medicine or physiology:
References edit
- ^ ψόφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ ψόφος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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