ψάλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A technical word without convincing etymology; a connection with ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck”) remains hypothetical. Maybe from Pre-Greek and related to ψέλιον (psélion, “ring worn by the Persians”) and ψαλόν (psalón, “kind of bridle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psá.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.li.on/
Noun
ψάλῐον • (psálion) n (genitive ψᾰλίου); second declension
- curb chain
- (in the plural) chain, bond
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψάλῐον; τοῦ ψαλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψάλῐον tò psálion | τὼ ψαλῐ́ω tṑ psalíō | τᾰ̀ ψάλῐᾰ tà psália | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψαλῐ́ου toû psalíou | τοῖν ψαλῐ́οιν toîn psalíoin | τῶν ψαλῐ́ων tôn psalíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψαλῐ́ῳ tôi psalíōi | τοῖν ψαλῐ́οιν toîn psalíoin | τοῖς ψαλῐ́οις toîs psalíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψάλῐον tò psálion | τὼ ψαλῐ́ω tṑ psalíō | τᾰ̀ ψάλῐᾰ tà psália | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψάλῐον psálion | ψαλῐ́ω psalíō | ψάλῐᾰ psália | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ψάλιο (psálio)
Further reading
- ψάλιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill