ψηλάφημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψηλᾰφάω (psēlăpháō, “to touch, caress”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɛː.lá.pʰɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pse̝ˈla.pʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psiˈla.ɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiˈla.fi.ma/
Noun
ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ • (psēlắphēmă) n (genitive ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēlắphēmă |
τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlăphḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tằ psēlăphḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτος toû psēlăphḗmătos |
τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlăphēmắtoin |
τῶν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́των tôn psēlăphēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτῐ tōî psēlăphḗmătĭ |
τοῖν ψηλᾰφημᾰ́τοιν toîn psēlăphēmắtoin |
τοῖς ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐ / ψηλᾰφήμᾰσῐν toîs psēlăphḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ tò psēlắphēmă |
τὼ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε tṑ psēlăphḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ tằ psēlăphḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψηλᾰ́φημᾰ psēlắphēmă |
ψηλᾰφήμᾰτε psēlăphḗmăte |
ψηλᾰφήμᾰτᾰ psēlăphḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψηλάφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψηλάφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette