ψαυκρός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOf Pre-Greek origin, like σαυκρόν (saukrón).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psau̯.krós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psaʍˈkros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psaɸˈkros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psafˈkros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psafˈkros/
Adjective
editψαυκρός • (psaukrós) m (feminine ψαυκρᾱ́, neuter ψαυκρόν); first/second declension
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: καλλοπιστής (kallopistḗs, “dandy”), ταχύς (takhús, “swift”), ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light”), ἀραιός (araiós, “thin, slender”).
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ψαυκρός psaukrós |
ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ |
ψαυκρόν psaukrón |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκροί psaukroí |
ψαυκραί psaukraí |
ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Genitive | ψαυκροῦ psaukroû |
ψαυκρᾶς psaukrâs |
ψαυκροῦ psaukroû |
ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn |
ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn |
ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn |
ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn |
ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn |
ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn | |||||
Dative | ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi |
ψαυκρᾷ psaukrâi |
ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi |
ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn |
ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn |
ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn |
ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs |
ψαυκραῖς psaukraîs |
ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs | |||||
Accusative | ψαυκρόν psaukrón |
ψαυκρᾱ́ν psaukrā́n |
ψαυκρόν psaukrón |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκρούς psaukroús |
ψαυκρᾱ́ς psaukrā́s |
ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Vocative | ψαυκρέ psaukré |
ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ |
ψαυκρόν psaukrón |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ |
ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ |
ψαυκροί psaukroí |
ψαυκραί psaukraí |
ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψαυκρῶς psaukrôs |
ψαυκρότερος psaukróteros |
ψαυκρότᾰτος psaukrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ψαυκρόν γόνυ (psaukrón gónu)
- ψαυκροπόδης (psaukropódēs)
Further reading
edit- “ψαυκρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ