ψάλτιγξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”). Attested as a gloss in Hesychius.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psál.tiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
Noun edit
ψᾰ́λτῐγξ • (psáltinx) f (genitive ψᾰ́λτῐγγος); third declension
- lyre
- Synonym: κιθάρα (kithára)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ψ:
- ψάλτιγξ· κιθάρα
- psáltinx; kithára
- psáltinx: lyre
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψᾰ́λτῐγξ hē psáltinx |
τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge |
αἱ ψᾰ́λτῐγγες hai psáltinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψᾰ́λτῐγγος tês psáltingos |
τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin |
τῶν ψᾰλτῐ́γγων tôn psaltíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψᾰ́λτῐγγῐ têi psáltingi |
τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin |
ταῖς ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐ / ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐν taîs psáltinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰ tḕn psáltinga |
τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge |
τᾱ̀ς ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰς tā̀s psáltingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰ́λτῐγξ psáltinx |
ψᾰ́λτῐγγε psáltinge |
ψᾰ́λτῐγγες psáltinges | ||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- ψαλτήρ (psaltḗr, “lyre-player, stringed instrument”)
- ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “stringed instrument, harp”)
- ψάλτης (psáltēs, “lyre-player”)
- ψάλτρια (psáltria, “female lyre-player”)
Further reading edit
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ
- “ψάλτιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ψάλτιγξ”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- ψάλτιγξ - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.