ψαφαρός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψαφερός (psapherós) – Ionic
Etymology
From a zero grade of ψῆφος (psêphos) + -ρός (-rós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psa.pʰaˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psa.ɸaˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psa.faˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psa.faˈros/
Adjective
ψᾰφᾰρός • (psapharós) m (feminine ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́, neuter ψᾰφᾰρόν); first/second declension
- friable, powdery, crumbling
- Synonym: ψαθυρός (psathurós)
- sandy
- thin, watery (of semi-liquids)
- rough, dry (of wine)
Inflection
First and second declension of ψᾰφᾰρός; ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́; ψᾰφᾰρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ψᾰφᾰρός psapharós | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́ | ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́ | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰροί psapharoí | ψᾰφᾰραί psapharaí | ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará | |||||
Genitive | ψᾰφᾰροῦ psapharoû | ψᾰφᾰρᾶς psapharâs | ψᾰφᾰροῦ psapharoû | ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn | ψᾰφᾰραῖν psapharaîn | ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn | ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn | ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn | ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn | |||||
Dative | ψᾰφᾰρῷ psapharôi | ψᾰφᾰρᾷ psapharâi | ψᾰφᾰρῷ psapharôi | ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn | ψᾰφᾰραῖν psapharaîn | ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn | ψᾰφᾰροῖς psapharoîs | ψᾰφᾰραῖς psapharaîs | ψᾰφᾰροῖς psapharoîs | |||||
Accusative | ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ν psapharā́n | ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́ | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰρούς psapharoús | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ς psapharā́s | ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará | |||||
Vocative | ψᾰφᾰρέ psapharé | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́ | ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́ | ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ | ψᾰφᾰροί psapharoí | ψᾰφᾰραί psapharaí | ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψᾰφᾰρῶς psapharôs | ψᾰφᾰρώτερος psapharṓteros | ψᾰφᾰρώτᾰτος psapharṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαφαρία (psapharía)
- ψαφαρίτης (psapharítēs)
- ψαφαρόθριξ (psapharóthrix)
- ψαφαρόομαι (psapharóomai)
- ψαφαροχαίτης (psapharokhaítēs)
- ψαφαρόχροος (psapharókhroos)
Further reading
- ψαφαρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαφαρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψαφαρός 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