ψίαθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψίεθος (psíethos)
Etymology
The formation is similar to γυργαθός (gurgathós) and κάλαθος (kálathos). The variation "α/ε" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psí.a.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.a.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.a.θos/
Noun
ψῐ́ᾰθος • (psíathos) f or m (genitive ψῐᾰ́θου); second declension
- mat made of rush used for sleeping on
- blind, screen, covering for a window
- sack used for carriage of wool or stone
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος; τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψῐ́ᾰθος hē psíathos | τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psiáthō | αἱ ψῐ́ᾰθοι hai psíathoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψῐᾰ́θου tês psiáthou | τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psiáthoin | τῶν ψῐᾰ́θων tôn psiáthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψῐᾰ́θῳ têi psiáthōi | τοῖν ψῐᾰ́θοιν toîn psiáthoin | ταῖς ψῐᾰ́θοις taîs psiáthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψῐ́ᾰθον tḕn psíathon | τὼ ψῐᾰ́θω tṑ psiáthō | τᾱ̀ς ψῐᾰ́θους tā̀s psiáthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῐ́ᾰθε psíathe | ψῐᾰ́θω psiáthō | ψῐ́ᾰθοι psíathoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψιαθηδόν (psiathēdón)
- ψιαθίζομαι (psiathízomai)
- ψιάθιον (psiáthion)
- ψιαθοπλόκος (psiathoplókos)
- ψιαθώδης (psiathṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: ψάθα (psátha)
Further reading
- ψίαθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψίαθος 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