ψυχότροφον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῦχος (psûkhos, “cold”) + τρέφω (tréphō, “to maintain, sustain”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyː.kʰó.tro.pʰon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psyˈkʰo.tro.pʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psyˈxo.tro.ɸon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psyˈxo.tro.fon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiˈxo.tro.fon/
Noun
ψῡχότροφον • (psūkhótrophon) n (genitive ψῡχοτρόφου); second declension
- betony (Betonica officinalis)
- Synonym: κέστρον (késtron)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψῡχότροφον; τοῦ ψῡχοτρόφου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῡχότροφον tò psūkhótrophon | τὼ ψῡχοτρόφω tṑ psūkhotróphō | τᾰ̀ ψῡχότροφᾰ tà psūkhótropha | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῡχοτρόφου toû psūkhotróphou | τοῖν ψῡχοτρόφοιν toîn psūkhotróphoin | τῶν ψῡχοτρόφων tôn psūkhotróphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῡχοτρόφῳ tôi psūkhotróphōi | ψῡχοτρόφοιν psūkhotróphoin | τοῖς ψῡχοτρόφοις toîs psūkhotróphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῡχότροφον tò psūkhótrophon | ψῡχοτρόφω psūkhotróphō | τᾰ̀ ψῡχότροφᾰ tà psūkhótropha | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῡχότροφον psūkhótrophon | ψῡχοτρόφω psūkhotróphō | ψῡχότροφᾰ psūkhótropha | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ψυχότροφον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψυχότροφον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette