ψέλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψέλλιον (pséllion), ψίλιον (psílion), ψίλλιον (psíllion)

Etymology

With ψάλιον (psálion, “curb-chain”) and ψαλόν (psalón, “bridle”) an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psé.li.on/ → /ˈpse.li.on/ → /ˈpse.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psé.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpse.li.on/

Noun

ψέλῐον • (psélion) n (genitive ψελῐ́ου); second declension

1. armlet, anklet, ornament worn by the Persians

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψέλῐον; τοῦ ψελῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψέλῐον tò psélion	τὼ ψελῐ́ω tṑ pselíō	τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ tà psélia
Genitive	τοῦ ψελῐ́ου toû pselíou	τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν toîn pselíoin	τῶν ψελῐ́ων tôn pselíōn
Dative	τῷ ψελῐ́ῳ tôi pselíōi	τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν toîn pselíoin	τοῖς ψελῐ́οις toîs pselíois
Accusative	τὸ ψέλῐον tò psélion	τὼ ψελῐ́ω tṑ pselíō	τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ tà psélia
Vocative	ψέλῐον psélion	ψελῐ́ω pselíō	ψέλῐᾰ psélia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψελιοποιός (pseliopoiós)
• ψελιοφόρος (pseliophóros)
• ψελιόω (pselióō)

 

Further reading

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