ψαθυρός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψαδυρόν (psadurón)
Etymology
The formation looks like that of καπυρός (kapurós). Due to the presence of a variation, possibly from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psa.tʰy.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psa.tʰyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psa.θyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psa.θyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psa.θiˈros/
Adjective
ψᾰθῠρός • (psathurós) m or f (neuter ψᾰθῠρόν); second declension
- friable, brittle
Declension
Second declension of ψᾰθῠρός; ψᾰθῠρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ψᾰθῠρός psathurós | ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠροί psathuroí | ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá | ||||||||
Genitive | ψᾰθῠροῦ psathuroû | ψᾰθῠροῦ psathuroû | ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn | ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn | ψᾰθῠρῶν psathurôn | ψᾰθῠρῶν psathurôn | ||||||||
Dative | ψᾰθῠρῷ psathurôi | ψᾰθῠρῷ psathurôi | ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn | ψᾰθῠροῖν psathuroîn | ψᾰθῠροῖς psathuroîs | ψᾰθῠροῖς psathuroîs | ||||||||
Accusative | ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón | ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠρούς psathuroús | ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá | ||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰθῠρέ psathuré | ψᾰθῠρόν psathurón | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠρώ psathurṓ | ψᾰθῠροί psathuroí | ψᾰθῠρᾰ́ psathurá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψᾰθῠρῶς psathurôs | ψᾰθῠρώτερος psathurṓteros | ψᾰθῠρώτᾰτος psathurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαθύρῐον (psathúrion)
- ψαθύρματᾰ (psathúrmata)
- ψαθυρόομαι (psathuróomai)
- ψαθυρότης (psathurótēs)
Further reading
- ψαθυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαθυρός 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