ψακάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ψεκάς (psekás) – Ionic

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἰκμάς (ikmás), λιβάς (libás) and ψιάς (psiás). According to Beekes, in view of the suffix "-αδ-" it is probably Pre-Greek. The connection with Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”) may be correct, in which case both words go back to a substrate language.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.kás/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psaˈkas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaˈkas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psaˈkas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psaˈkas/

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Noun

ψακᾰ́ς • (psakás) f (genitive ψακᾰ́δος); third declension

raindrop; particle
drizzle, heavy rain, shower
sputterer

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ψακᾰ́ς; τῆς ψακᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψακᾰ́ς hē psakás	τὼ ψακᾰ́δε tṑ psakáde	αἱ ψακᾰ́δες hai psakádes
Genitive	τῆς ψακᾰ́δος tês psakádos	τοῖν ψακᾰ́δοιν toîn psakádoin	τῶν ψακᾰ́δων tôn psakádōn
Dative	τῇ ψακᾰ́δῐ têi psakádi	τοῖν ψακᾰ́δοιν toîn psakádoin	ταῖς ψακᾰ́σῐ / ψακᾰ́σῐν taîs psakási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ψακᾰ́δᾰ tḕn psakáda	τὼ ψακᾰ́δε tṑ psakáde	τᾱ̀ς ψακᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s psakádas
Vocative	ψακᾰ́ς psakás	ψακᾰ́δε psakáde	ψακᾰ́δες psakádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

ψακάδιον (psakádion)
ψακάδισσα (psakádissa)
ψακαδισχίοις (psakadiskhíois)
ψακάζω (psakázō)
ψάκαλον (psákalon)
ψακαστός (psakastós)

References

ψακάς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ψακάς 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