ψίαθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψίεθος (psíethos)

Etymology

The formation is similar to γυργαθός (gurgathós) and κάλαθος (kálathos). The variation "α/ε" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psí.a.tʰos/ → /ˈpsi.a.θos/ → /ˈpsi.a.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psí.a.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/

Noun

ψῐ́ᾰθος • (psíathos) f or m (genitive ψῐᾰ́θου); second declension

1. mat made of rush used for sleeping on

   Synonyms: κάνης (kánēs), σάμαξ (sámax)

2. blind, screen, covering for a window
3. sack used for carriage of wool or stone

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος; τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος hē psíathos	τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psiáthō	αἱ ψῐ́ᾰθοι hai psíathoi
Genitive	τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου tês psiáthou	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psiáthoin	τῶν ψῐᾰ́θων tôn psiáthōn
Dative	τῇ ψῐᾰ́θῳ têi psiáthōi	τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psiáthoin	ταῖς ψῐᾰ́θοις taîs psiáthois
Accusative	τὴν ψῐ́ᾰθον tḕn psíathon	τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psiáthō	τᾱ̀ς ψῐᾰ́θους tā̀s psiáthous
Vocative	ψῐ́ᾰθε psíathe	ψῐᾰ́θω psiáthō	ψῐ́ᾰθοι psíathoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψιαθηδόν (psiathēdón)
• ψιαθίζομαι (psiathízomai)
• ψιάθιον (psiáthion)
• ψιαθοπλόκος (psiathoplókos)
• ψιαθώδης (psiathṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ψάθα (psátha)

Further reading

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