ψήφινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble, precious stone”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɛ̌ː.pʰi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpse̝.pʰi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ɸi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fi.nos/
Adjective
ψήφῐνος • (psḗphĭnos) m or f (neuter ψήφῐνον); second declension
- made of marble
- Synonym: μαρμάρινος (marmárinos)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ψήφῐνος psḗphĭnos |
ψήφῐνον psḗphĭnon |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψήφῐνοι psḗphĭnoi |
ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphĭnă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ψηφῐ́νου psēphĭ́nou |
ψηφῐ́νου psēphĭ́nou |
ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphĭ́noin |
ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphĭ́noin |
ψηφῐ́νων psēphĭ́nōn |
ψηφῐ́νων psēphĭ́nōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphĭ́nōi |
ψηφῐ́νῳ psēphĭ́nōi |
ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphĭ́noin |
ψηφῐ́νοιν psēphĭ́noin |
ψηφῐ́νοις psēphĭ́nois |
ψηφῐ́νοις psēphĭ́nois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ψήφῐνον psḗphĭnon |
ψήφῐνον psḗphĭnon |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψηφῐ́νους psēphĭ́nous |
ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphĭnă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ψήφῐνε psḗphĭne |
ψήφῐνον psḗphĭnon |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψηφῐ́νω psēphĭ́nō |
ψήφῐνοι psḗphĭnoi |
ψήφῐνᾰ psḗphĭnă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ψηφῐ́νως psēphĭ́nōs |
ψηφῐνώτερος psēphĭnṓteros |
ψηφῐνώτᾰτος psēphĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψήφινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψήφινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette