ψυκτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “to cool, refresh”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psykˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psykˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psykˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psikˈtir/
Noun
ψῠκτήρ • (psuktḗr) m (genitive ψῠκτῆρος); third declension
- wine cooler
- (in the plural) cool, shady places for recreation
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ψῠκτήρ; τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψῠκτήρ ho psuktḗr | τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psuktêre | οἱ ψῠκτῆρες hoi psuktêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος toû psuktêros | τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psuktḗroin | τῶν ψῠκτήρων tôn psuktḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῠκτῆρῐ tôi psuktêri | τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psuktḗroin | τοῖς ψῠκτῆρσῐ / ψῠκτῆρσῐν toîs psuktêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψῠκτῆρᾰ tòn psuktêra | τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psuktêre | τοὺς ψῠκτῆρᾰς toùs psuktêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῠκτήρ psuktḗr | ψῠκτῆρε psuktêre | ψῠκτῆρες psuktêres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψῠκτηρῐ́δῐον (psuktērídion)
- ψῠκτηρῐ́σκος (psuktērískos)
Descendants
- → English: psykter
Further reading
- “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψυκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette