ψιλόν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ψῑλόν • (psīlón)

  1. inflection of ψῑλός (psīlós):
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. masculine accusative singular

Noun

ψῑλόν • (psīlónf (genitive ψῑλοῦ); second declension

  1. (military) light soldier (lightly-armed soldier)
  2. (Koine, phonetics, orthography):
    Coordinate term: δασύ (dasú)
    1. a vowel with smooth breathing: (a), (e), (ē), (i), (o), (u), (ō)
    2. a tenuis consonant, π (p), τ (t), κ (k), typically in contrast with the aspirated consonants φ (ph), θ (th), χ (kh)

Declension

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