ψίλωσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψιλόω (psilóō) + -σις (-sis), from ψιλός (psilós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psǐː.lɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.lo.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.lo.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.lo.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.lo.sis/
Noun
ψῑ́λωσῐς • (psī́lōsĭs) f (genitive ψῑλώσεως); third declension
- a stripping bare (of flesh, hair, leaves, etc.)
- Archig., ap.Gal. 8.150
- (grammar) a writing or pronouncing with the spiritus lenis, or of an unaspirated consonant; psilosis
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius Thessalonicensis 515.37
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ψῑ́λωσῐς hē psī́lōsĭs |
τὼ ψῑλώσει tṑ psīlṓsei |
αἱ ψῑλώσεις hai psīlṓseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ψῑλώσεως tês psīlṓseōs |
τοῖν ψῑλωσέοιν toîn psīlōséoin |
τῶν ψῑλώσεων tôn psīlṓseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ψῑλώσει tēî psīlṓsei |
τοῖν ψῑλωσέοιν toîn psīlōséoin |
ταῖς ψῑλώσεσῐ / ψῑλώσεσῐν taîs psīlṓsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ψῑ́λωσῐν tḕn psī́lōsĭn |
τὼ ψῑλώσει tṑ psīlṓsei |
τᾱ̀ς ψῑλώσεις tā̀s psīlṓseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῑ́λωσῐ psī́lōsĭ |
ψῑλώσει psīlṓsei |
ψῑλώσεις psīlṓseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: metapsilosis
- → English: psilosis
- → French: psilose
- Greek: ψίλωση (psílosi)
References
- “ψῑ́λωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press