ψάλτιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”). Attested as a gloss in Hesychius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psál.tiŋks/ → /ˈpsal.tiŋks/ → /ˈpsal.tiŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psál.tiŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/

Noun

ψᾰ́λτῐγξ • (psáltinx) f (genitive ψᾰ́λτῐγγος); third declension

1. lyre

   Synonym: κιθάρα (kithára)

   • 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ψ:

     ψάλτιγξ· κιθάρα

     psáltinx; kithára

     psáltinx: lyre

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ψᾰ́λτῐγξ; τῆς ψᾰ́λτῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ψαλτήρ (psaltḗr, “lyre-player, stringed instrument”)
• ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “stringed instrument, harp”)
• ψάλτης (psáltēs, “lyre-player”)
• ψάλτρια (psáltria, “female lyre-player”)

Further reading

• 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”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011