ψαλμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psal.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
Noun
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension
- twitching or twanging with the fingers
- sound of the cithara or harp
- (music) song sung to the harp, psalm
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ψαλμός; τοῦ ψαλμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψαλμός ho psalmós | τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ | οἱ ψαλμοί hoi psalmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψαλμοῦ toû psalmoû | τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn | τῶν ψαλμῶν tôn psalmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψαλμῷ tôi psalmôi | τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn | τοῖς ψαλμοῖς toîs psalmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψαλμόν tòn psalmón | τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ | τοὺς ψαλμούς toùs psalmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψαλμέ psalmé | ψαλμώ psalmṓ | ψαλμοί psalmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
- ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
- ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
- ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
- ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)
Descendants
- Latin: psalmus
- → English: psalm
- → French: psaume
- → Italian: salmo
Further reading
- ψαλμός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαλμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From ψάλλω (psállo)
Noun
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)
- (music, religion) psalm
Declension
declension of ψαλμός
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ψαλμός • | ψαλμοί • |
genitive | ψαλμού • | ψαλμών • |
accusative | ψαλμό • | ψαλμούς • |
vocative | ψαλμέ • | ψαλμοί • |
Related terms
- ψάλλω (psállo, “to sing”)
- ψαλτήριο n (psaltírio, “psalter”)
Further reading
ψαλμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el