ψάρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψήρ (psḗr) – Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psǎːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psar/
Noun
ψᾱ́ρ • (psā́r) m (genitive ψᾱρός); third declension
- A starling, Sturnus vulgaris
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.755:
- τῶν δ᾽ ὥς τε ψαρῶν νέφος ἔρχεται ἠὲ κολοιῶν οὖλον κεκλήγοντες...
- tôn d᾽ hṓs te psarôn néphos érkhetai ēè koloiôn oûlon keklḗgontes...
- And as a cloud of starlings or daws flies, shrieking cries of doom...
- τῶν δ᾽ ὥς τε ψαρῶν νέφος ἔρχεται ἠὲ κολοιῶν οὖλον κεκλήγοντες...
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ψᾱ́ρ; τοῦ ψᾱρός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψᾱ́ρ ho psā́r | τὼ ψᾶρε tṑ psâre | οἱ ψᾶρες hoi psâres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψᾱρός toû psārós | τοῖν ψᾱροῖν toîn psāroîn | τῶν ψᾱρῶν tôn psārôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψᾱρῐ́ tôi psārí | τοῖν ψᾱροῖν toîn psāroîn | τοῖς ψᾱρσῐ́ / ψᾱρσῐ́ν toîs psārsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψᾶρᾰ tòn psâra | τὼ ψᾶρε tṑ psâre | τοὺς ψᾶρᾰς toùs psâras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾱ́ρ psā́r | ψᾶρε psâre | ψᾶρες psâres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαρός (psarós)
See also
- ψάρων (psárōn)
References
- ψάρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψάρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ψάρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ψάρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963