ψήφινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble, precious stone”) + -ῐνος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɛ̌ː.pʰi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpse̝.pʰi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ɸi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/
Adjective
ψήφῐνος • (psḗphinos) m or f (neuter ψήφῐνον); second declension
- made of marble
- Synonym: μαρμάρινος (marmárinos)
Declension
Second declension of ψήφῐνος; ψήφῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ψήφῐνος psḗphinos | ψήφῐνον psḗphinon | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψήφῐνοι psḗphinoi | ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina | ||||||||
Genitive | ψηφῐ́νου psēphínou | ψηφῐ́νου psēphínou | ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin | ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin | ψηφῐ́νων psēphínōn | ψηφῐ́νων psēphínōn | ||||||||
Dative | ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphínōi | ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphínōi | ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin | ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphínoin | ψηφῐ́νοις psēphínois | ψηφῐ́νοις psēphínois | ||||||||
Accusative | ψήφῐνον psḗphinon | ψήφῐνον psḗphinon | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψηφῐ́νους psēphínous | ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina | ||||||||
Vocative | ψήφῐνε psḗphine | ψήφῐνον psḗphinon | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψηφῐ́νω psēphínō | ψήφῐνοι psḗphinoi | ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphina | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψηφῐ́νως psēphínōs | ψηφῐνώτερος psēphinṓteros | ψηφῐνώτᾰτος psēphinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψήφινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψήφινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette