ψέλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ψέλλιον (pséllion), ψίλιον (psílion), ψίλλιον (psíllion)

Etymology

With ψάλιον (psálion, “curb-chain”) and ψαλόν (psalón, “bridle”) an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψέλῐον • (psélĭon) n (genitive ψελῐ́ου); second declension

  1. armlet, anklet, ornament worn by the Persians

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψέλῐον; τοῦ ψελῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψέλῐον
tò psélĭon 		τὼ ψελῐ́ω
tṑ pselĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ
tằ psélĭă
Genitive τοῦ ψελῐ́ου
toû pselĭ́ou 		τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν
toîn pselĭ́oin 		τῶν ψελῐ́ων
tôn pselĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ψελῐ́ῳ
tōî pselĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ψελῐ́οιν
toîn pselĭ́oin 		τοῖς ψελῐ́οις
toîs pselĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ψέλῐον
tò psélĭon 		τὼ ψελῐ́ω
tṑ pselĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψέλῐᾰ
tằ psélĭă
Vocative ψέλῐον
psélĭon 		ψελῐ́ω
pselĭ́ō 		ψέλῐᾰ
psélĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ψελιοποιός (pseliopoiós)
  • ψελιοφόρος (pseliophóros)
  • ψελιόω (pselióō)

Further reading

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