ψύθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to ψυδρός (psudrós, “false”), and thus probably of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange δ/θ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psý.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.θos/
Noun
ψῠ́θος • (psúthos) n (genitive ψῠ́θεος); third declension
- lie, untruth
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́θος; τοῦ ψῠ́θεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psúthos | τὼ ψῠ́θεε tṑ psúthee | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tà psúthea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῠ́θεος toû psútheos | τοῖν ψῠθέοιν toîn psuthéoin | τῶν ψῠθέων tôn psuthéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῠ́θεῐ̈ tôi psútheï | ψῠθέοιν psuthéoin | τοῖς ψῠ́θεσῐ / ψῠ́θεσῐν toîs psúthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῠ́θος tò psúthos | ψῠ́θεε psúthee | τᾰ̀ ψῠ́θεᾰ tà psúthea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῠ́θος psúthos | ψῠ́θεε psúthee | ψῠ́θεᾰ psúthea | ||||||||||
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References
- ψύθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψύθος 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