ψαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain but perhaps related to ψάλιον (psálion, “curb chain”) and ψέλιον (psélion, “armlet”). Maybe from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψᾰλίς • (psălís) f (genitive ψᾰλίδος); third declension

  1. scissors, shears
  2. sewer, drain
  3. (architecture) vault, crypt, barrel vault
  4. rounded moulding between the capital and the column
  5. (in the plural) rings for the staves of the altar of incense

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ψᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς ψᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ψᾰλῐ́ς
hē psălĭ́s 		τὼ ψᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ psălĭ́de 		αἱ ψᾰλῐ́δες
hai psălĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ψᾰλῐ́δος
tês psălĭ́dos 		τοῖν ψᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn psălĭ́doin 		τῶν ψᾰλῐ́δων
tôn psălĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ψᾰλῐ́δῐ
tēî psălĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ψᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn psălĭ́doin 		ταῖς ψᾰλῐ́σῐ / ψᾰλῐ́σῐν
taîs psălĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ψᾰλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn psălĭ́dă 		τὼ ψᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ psălĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ψᾰλῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s psălĭ́dăs
Vocative ψᾰλῐ́ς
psălĭ́s 		ψᾰλῐ́δε
psălĭ́de 		ψᾰλῐ́δες
psălĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • ψαλίδιον (psalídion)
  • ψαλιδοειδής (psalidoeidḗs)
  • ψαλιδόστομος (psalidóstomos)
  • ψαλιδόω (psalidóō)
  • ψαλίδωμα (psalídōma)
  • ψαλιδωτός (psalidōtós)
  • ψαλίζω (psalízō)
  • ψαλισμός (psalismós)
  • ψαλιστέον (psalistéon)
  • ψαλιστός (psalistós)

Descendants

  • Greek: ψαλίδι (psalídi) (through Koine and diminutive ψαλίδιον)
  • Mariupol Greek: псалы́дъ (psalýð) (through Koine and diminutive ψαλίδιον)

Further reading

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