ψῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psŷː.kʰos/ → /ˈpsy.xos/ → /ˈpsi.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psŷː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.xos/

Noun

ψῦχος • (psûkhos) n (genitive ψῡ́χους or ψῡ́χεος); third declension

1. cold

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῦχος; τοῦ ψῡ́χους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῦχος tò psûkhos	τὼ ψῡ́χει tṑ psū́khei	τᾰ̀ ψῡ́χη tà psū́khē
Genitive	τοῦ ψῡ́χους toû psū́khous	τοῖν ψῡχοῖν toîn psūkhoîn	τῶν ψῡχῶν tôn psūkhôn
Dative	τῷ ψῡ́χει tôi psū́khei	τοῖν ψῡχοῖν toîn psūkhoîn	τοῖς ψῡ́χεσῐ / ψῡ́χεσῐν toîs psū́khesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῦχος tò psûkhos	τὼ ψῡ́χει tṑ psū́khei	τᾰ̀ ψῡ́χη tà psū́khē
Vocative	ψῦχος psûkhos	ψῡ́χει psū́khei	ψῡ́χη psū́khē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ ψῦχος; τοῦ ψῡ́χεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψῦχος tò psûkhos	τὼ ψῡ́χει / ψῡ́χεε tṑ psū́khei / psū́khee	τᾰ̀ ψῡ́χεᾰ tà psū́khea
Genitive	τοῦ ψῡ́χεος / ψῡ́χευς toû psū́kheos / psū́kheus	τοῖν ψῡχέοιν toîn psūkhéoin	τῶν ψῡχέων tôn psūkhéōn
Dative	τῷ ψῡ́χει / ψῡ́χεῐ̈ tôi psū́khei / psū́kheï	τοῖν ψῡχέοιν toîn psūkhéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ψῡ́χεσῐ / ψῡ́χεσῐν toîsi(n) psū́khesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψῦχος tò psûkhos	τὼ ψῡ́χει / ψῡ́χεε tṑ psū́khei / psū́khee	τᾰ̀ ψῡ́χεᾰ tà psū́khea
Vocative	ψῦχος psûkhos	ψῡ́χει / ψῡ́χεε psū́khei / psū́khee	ψῡ́χεᾰ psū́khea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ψῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ψῦχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ψῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ψῦχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5592 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chill idem, page 130.
  • cold idem, page 142.
  • coolness idem, page 173.