ψαῦσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψαύω (psaúō, “to touch, to graze”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psâu̯z.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsawz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsaβz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsavz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsavz.ma/
Noun
ψαῦσμᾰ • (psaûsmă) n (genitive ψαύσμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsmă |
τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tằ psaúsmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψαύσμᾰτος toû psaúsmătos |
τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmắtoin |
τῶν ψαυσμᾰ́των tôn psausmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψαύσμᾰτῐ tōî psaúsmătĭ |
τοῖν ψαυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psausmắtoin |
τοῖς ψαύσμᾰσῐ / ψαύσμᾰσῐν toîs psaúsmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ψαῦσμᾰ tò psaûsmă |
τὼ ψαύσμᾰτε tṑ psaúsmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψαύσμᾰτᾰ tằ psaúsmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψαῦσμᾰ psaûsmă |
ψαύσμᾰτε psaúsmăte |
ψαύσμᾰτᾰ psaúsmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψαῦσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαῦσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette