ψίθυρος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
If it dissimilated from *ψυθυρ-, it may belong to ψύθος (psúthos, “lie, untruth”). On the other hand, it can be compared to ψίζομαι (psízomai, “to weep”). Pisani considered a relationship with Sanskrit क्ष्वेडति (kṣveḍati, “to hum, murmur”). Given the variants, the word is probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psí.tʰy.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.tʰy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.θy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.θy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.θi.ros/
Adjective edit
ψῐ́θῠρος • (psíthuros) m or f (neuter ψῐ́θῠρον); second declension
Inflection edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ψῐ́θῠρος psíthuros |
ψῐ́θῠρον psíthuron |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐ́θῠροι psíthuroi |
ψῐ́θῠρᾰ psíthura | ||||||||
Genitive | ψῐθῠ́ρου psithúrou |
ψῐθῠ́ρου psithúrou |
ψῐθῠ́ροιν psithúroin |
ψῐθῠ́ροιν psithúroin |
ψῐθῠ́ρων psithúrōn |
ψῐθῠ́ρων psithúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ψῐθῠ́ρῳ psithúrōi |
ψῐθῠ́ρῳ psithúrōi |
ψῐθῠ́ροιν psithúroin |
ψῐθῠ́ροιν psithúroin |
ψῐθῠ́ροις psithúrois |
ψῐθῠ́ροις psithúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ψῐ́θῠρον psíthuron |
ψῐ́θῠρον psíthuron |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐθῠ́ρους psithúrous |
ψῐ́θῠρᾰ psíthura | ||||||||
Vocative | ψῐ́θῠρε psíthure |
ψῐ́θῠρον psíthuron |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐθῠ́ρω psithúrō |
ψῐ́θῠροι psíthuroi |
ψῐ́θῠρᾰ psíthura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψῐθῠ́ρως psithúrōs |
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Derived terms edit
- ψίθυρα (psíthura)
- ψιθυρίζω (psithurízō)
- ψιθυρίς (psithurís)
- ψιθύρισμα (psithúrisma)
- ψιθυρισμός (psithurismós)
- ψιθυριστής (psithuristḗs)
- ψιθυριστικός (psithuristikós)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ψίθυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψίθυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψίθυρος 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
Noun edit
ψίθυρος • (psíthyros) m (plural ψίθυροι)
- (onomatopoeia) whisper (speaking quietly)
Declension edit
declension of ψίθυρος
Related terms edit
- σιγοψιθυρίζω (sigopsithyrízo)
- ψιθυρίζω (psithyrízo, “whisper”)
- ψιθύρισμα n (psithýrisma)
- ψιθυρισμός m (psithyrismós)
- ψιθυριστής m (psithyristís)
- ψιθυριστός (psithyristós, “whispered, hushed”, adjective)
- ψιθυριστά (psithyristá, “in a whisper”, adverb)
- ψιθυρίζεται (psithyrízetai, “impersonal: it is rumoured”)