ψῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψήχω (psḗkhō, “to rub down, curry”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpsiɣ.ma/ → /ˈpsiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpse̝ɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsiɣ.ma/

Noun

ψῆγμᾰ • (psêgma) n (genitive ψήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῆγμᾰ; τοῦ ψήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῆγμᾰ tò psêgma	τὼ ψήγμᾰτε tṑ psḗgmate	τᾰ̀ ψήγμᾰτᾰ tà psḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ ψήγμᾰτος toû psḗgmatos	τοῖν ψηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēgmátoin	τῶν ψηγμᾰ́των tôn psēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ ψήγμᾰτῐ tôi psḗgmati	τοῖν ψηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēgmátoin	τοῖς ψήγμᾰσῐ / ψήγμᾰσῐν toîs psḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῆγμᾰ tò psêgma	τὼ ψήγμᾰτε tṑ psḗgmate	τᾰ̀ ψήγμᾰτᾰ tà psḗgmata
Vocative	ψῆγμᾰ psêgma	ψήγμᾰτε psḗgmate	ψήγμᾰτᾰ psḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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