ψηλάφημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψηλᾰφάω (psēlapháō, “to touch, caress”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛː.lá.pʰɛː.ma/ → /psiˈla.ɸi.ma/ → /psiˈla.fi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɛː.lá.pʰɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pse̝ˈla.pʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psiˈla.ɸi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/

Noun

ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ • (psēláphēma) n (genitive ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος); third declension

1. touch, caress

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ; τοῦ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēláphēma	τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlaphḗmate	τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tà psēlaphḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος toû psēlaphḗmatos	τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlaphēmátoin	τῶν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́των tôn psēlaphēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτῐ tôi psēlaphḗmati	τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlaphēmátoin	τοῖς ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐ / ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐν toîs psēlaphḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēláphēma	τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlaphḗmate	τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tà psēlaphḗmata
Vocative	ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ psēláphēma	ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε psēlaphḗmate	ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ psēlaphḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ψηλάφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψηλάφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette