ψυκτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “to cool, refresh”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/ → /psykˈtir/ → /psikˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psykˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psykˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psykˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psikˈtir/

Noun

ψῠκτήρ • (psuktḗr) m (genitive ψῠκτῆρος); third declension

1. wine cooler
2. (in the plural) cool, shady places for recreation

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ψῠκτήρ; τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῠκτήρ ho psuktḗr	τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psuktêre	οἱ ψῠκτῆρες hoi psuktêres
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος toû psuktêros	τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psuktḗroin	τῶν ψῠκτήρων tôn psuktḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠκτῆρῐ tôi psuktêri	τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psuktḗroin	τοῖς ψῠκτῆρσῐ / ψῠκτῆρσῐν toîs psuktêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ψῠκτῆρᾰ tòn psuktêra	τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psuktêre	τοὺς ψῠκτῆρᾰς toùs psuktêras
Vocative	ψῠκτήρ psuktḗr	ψῠκτῆρε psuktêre	ψῠκτῆρες psuktêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψῠκτηρῐ́δῐον (psuktērídion)
• ψῠκτηρῐ́σκος (psuktērískos)

 

Descendants

• → English: psykter

Further reading

• “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψυκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette