ψαῦσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψαύω (psaúō, “to touch, to graze”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psâu̯z.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsaʍz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsaɸz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsafz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsafz.ma/
Noun
ψαῦσμᾰ • (psaûsma) n (genitive ψαύσμᾰτος); third declension
- touch, caress
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ; τοῦ ψαύσμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsma | τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmate | τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tà psaúsmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψαύσμᾰτος toû psaúsmatos | τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmátoin | τῶν ψαυσμᾰ́των tôn psausmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψαύσμᾰτῐ tôi psaúsmati | τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmátoin | τοῖς ψαύσμᾰσῐ / ψαύσμᾰσῐν toîs psaúsmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsma | τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmate | τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tà psaúsmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψαῦσμᾰ psaûsma | ψαύσμᾰτε psaúsmate | ψαύσμᾰτᾰ psaúsmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ψαῦσμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαῦσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette