ψύγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψύχω (psúkhō, “I chill”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psýŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsyɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsiɣ.ma/
Noun
ψύγμᾰ • (psúgma) n (genitive ψύγμᾰτος); third declension
- A means of cooling
- (medicine) A cooling lotion, a cooling medicine
- A breath drawn, an inhalation
- A cold, chilling behaviour
- A chink, a fissure
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ; τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ tò psúgma | τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ psúgmate | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà psúgmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος toû psúgmatos | τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psugmátoin | τῶν ψῠγμᾰ́των tôn psugmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῠ́γμᾰτῐ tôi psúgmati | τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn psugmátoin | τοῖς ψῠ́γμᾰσῐ / ψῠ́γμᾰσῐν toîs psúgmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ tò psúgma | τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ psúgmate | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà psúgmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῠ́γμᾰ psúgma | ψῠ́γμᾰτε psúgmate | ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ psúgmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ψύγμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψύγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette