ψαυκρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of Pre-Greek origin, like σαυκρόν (saukrón).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psau̯.krós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psaʍˈkros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psaɸˈkros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psafˈkros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psafˈkros/
Adjective
ψαυκρός • (psaukrós) m (feminine ψαυκρᾱ́, neuter ψαυκρόν); first/second declension
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: καλλοπιστής (kallopistḗs, “dandy”), ταχύς (takhús, “swift”), ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light”), ἀραιός (araiós, “thin, slender”).
Inflection
First and second declension of ψαυκρός; ψαυκρᾱ́; ψαυκρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ψαυκρός psaukrós | ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ | ψαυκρόν psaukrón | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκροί psaukroí | ψαυκραί psaukraí | ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Genitive | ψαυκροῦ psaukroû | ψαυκρᾶς psaukrâs | ψαυκροῦ psaukroû | ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn | ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn | ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn | ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn | ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn | ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn | |||||
Dative | ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi | ψαυκρᾷ psaukrâi | ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi | ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn | ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn | ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn | ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs | ψαυκραῖς psaukraîs | ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs | |||||
Accusative | ψαυκρόν psaukrón | ψαυκρᾱ́ν psaukrā́n | ψαυκρόν psaukrón | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκρούς psaukroús | ψαυκρᾱ́ς psaukrā́s | ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Vocative | ψαυκρέ psaukré | ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ | ψαυκρόν psaukrón | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́ | ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ | ψαυκροί psaukroí | ψαυκραί psaukraí | ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψαυκρῶς psaukrôs | ψαυκρότερος psaukróteros | ψαυκρότᾰτος psaukrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαυκρόν γόνυ (psaukrón gónu)
- ψαυκροπόδης (psaukropódēs)
Further reading
- ψαυκρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ