ψόα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψύα (psúa)
Etymology
The word is related to similar words meaning "foxes", like ψειαί (pseiaí), ψίαι (psíai), φοῦαι (phoûai) and φύλλες (phúlles). These variations cannot be all understood in Indo-European terms. The connection with ὀσφῦς (osphûs, “hips or loins”), suggested by Prellwitz, is quite possible. According to Beekes, the word is clearly Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psó.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpso.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpso.a/
Noun
ψόα • (psóa) f (genitive ψόᾱς); first declension
- (anatomy) muscles of the loins
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ψόᾱ; τῆς ψόᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψόᾱ hē psóā | τὼ ψόᾱ tṑ psóā | αἱ ψόαι hai psóai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψόᾱς tês psóās | τοῖν ψόαιν toîn psóain | τῶν ψοῶν tôn psoôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψόᾳ têi psóāi | τοῖν ψόαιν toîn psóain | ταῖς ψόαις taîs psóais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψόᾱν tḕn psóān | τὼ ψόᾱ tṑ psóā | τᾱ̀ς ψόᾱς tā̀s psóās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψόᾱ psóā | ψόᾱ psóā | ψόαι psóai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: psoas
References
- ψόα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψόα 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