ψάλτιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psál.tiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
Noun
ψᾰ́λτῐγξ • (psáltinx) f (genitive ψᾰ́λτῐγγος); third declension
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: κιθάρα (kithára, “lyre”).
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ψᾰ́λτῐγξ; τῆς ψᾰ́λτῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψᾰ́λτῐγξ hē psáltinx | τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge | αἱ ψᾰ́λτῐγγες hai psáltinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψᾰ́λτῐγγος tês psáltingos | τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin | τῶν ψᾰλτῐ́γγων tôn psaltíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψᾰ́λτῐγγῐ têi psáltingi | τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin | ταῖς ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐ / ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐν taîs psáltinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰ tḕn psáltinga | τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge | τᾱ̀ς ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰς tā̀s psáltingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰ́λτῐγξ psáltinx | ψᾰ́λτῐγγε psáltinge | ψᾰ́λτῐγγες psáltinges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ψάλτιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ