ψέλιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψέλλιον (pséllion), ψίλιον (psílion), ψίλλιον (psíllion)
Etymology
With ψάλιον (psálion, “curb-chain”) and ψαλόν (psalón, “bridle”) an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psé.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpse.li.on/
Noun
ψέλῐον • (psélion) n (genitive ψελῐ́ου); second declension
- armlet, anklet, ornament worn by the Persians
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψέλῐον; τοῦ ψελῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψέλῐον tò psélion | τὼ ψελῐ́ω tṑ pselíō | τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ tà psélia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψελῐ́ου toû pselíou | τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν toîn pselíoin | τῶν ψελῐ́ων tôn pselíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψελῐ́ῳ tôi pselíōi | τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν toîn pselíoin | τοῖς ψελῐ́οις toîs pselíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψέλῐον tò psélion | τὼ ψελῐ́ω tṑ pselíō | τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ tà psélia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψέλῐον psélion | ψελῐ́ω pselíō | ψέλῐᾰ psélia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψελιοποιός (pseliopoiós)
- ψελιοφόρος (pseliophóros)
- ψελιόω (pselióō)
Further reading
- “ψέλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψέλιον 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, →ISBN