ψηλάφημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψηλᾰφάω (psēlapháō, “to touch, caress”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɛː.lá.pʰɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pse̝ˈla.pʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psiˈla.ɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/
Noun
ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ • (psēláphēma) n (genitive ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος); third declension
- touch, caress
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ; τοῦ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēláphēma | τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlaphḗmate | τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tà psēlaphḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος toû psēlaphḗmatos | τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlaphēmátoin | τῶν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́των tôn psēlaphēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτῐ tôi psēlaphḗmati | τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlaphēmátoin | τοῖς ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐ / ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐν toîs psēlaphḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēláphēma | τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlaphḗmate | τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tà psēlaphḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ psēláphēma | ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε psēlaphḗmate | ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ psēlaphḗmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψηλάφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψηλάφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette