ψίμυθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψημύθιον (psēmúthion), ψιμίθιον (psimíthion), ψιμμίθιον (psimmíthion)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variations prove a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psǐː.my.tʰos/ → /ˈpsi.my.θos/ → /ˈpsi.mi.θos/

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

Noun

ψῑ́μῠθος • (psī́muthos) m (genitive ψῑμῠ́θου); second declension

1. white lead, especially used as a pigment to whiten the skin

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψῑ́μῠθος; τοῦ ψῑμῠ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῑ́μῠθος ho psī́muthos	τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmúthō	οἱ ψῑ́μῠθοι hoi psī́muthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ψῑμῠ́θου toû psīmúthou	τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmúthoin	τῶν ψῑμῠ́θων tôn psīmúthōn
Dative	τῷ ψῑμῠ́θῳ tôi psīmúthōi	τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmúthoin	τοῖς ψῑμῠ́θοις toîs psīmúthois
Accusative	τὸν ψῑ́μῠθον tòn psī́muthon	τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmúthō	τοὺς ψῑμῠ́θους toùs psīmúthous
Vocative	ψῑ́μῠθε psī́muthe	ψῑμῠ́θω psīmúthō	ψῑ́μῠθοι psī́muthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψῑμῠθῐ́ζω (psīmuthízō)
• ψῑμῠ́θῐον (psīmúthion)
• ψῑμῠθῐοφᾰνής (psīmuthiophanḗs)
• ψῑμῠθῐόω (psīmuthióō)
• ψῑμῠθῐστής (psīmuthistḗs)
• ψῑμῠθοειδής (psīmuthoeidḗs)

 

Further reading

• “ψίμυθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψίμυθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψίμυθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1669