ψαύριος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψαυρός (psaurós)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psǎu̯.ri.os/ → /ˈpsa.βri.os/ → /ˈpsa.vri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psǎu̯.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaw.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.βri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.vri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsa.vri.os/

Noun

ψαύριος • (psaúrios)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: κονιορτός (koniortós, “cloud of dust”), φορυτός (phorutós, “whatever the wind carries along”)

References

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