ψιμύθιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ψῑμίθῐον (psīmíthĭon), ψιμμύθῐον (psimmúthĭon), ψιμμίθῐον (psimmíthĭon)
  • ψημυθῐον (psēmuthĭon) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψῑμύθῐον • (psīmúthĭon) n (genitive ψῑμῠθῐ́ου); second declension

  1. diminutive of ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos): white lead (as a pigment to whiten the face or hair)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον; τοῦ ψῑμῠθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον
tò psīmŭ́thĭon 		τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
tṑ psīmŭthĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
tằ psīmŭ́thĭă
Genitive τοῦ ψῑμῠθῐ́ου
toû psīmŭthĭ́ou 		τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν
toîn psīmŭthĭ́oin 		τῶν ψῑμῠθῐ́ων
tôn psīmŭthĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ψῑμῠθῐ́ῳ
tōî psīmŭthĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν
toîn psīmŭthĭ́oin 		τοῖς ψῑμῠθῐ́οις
toîs psīmŭthĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον
tò psīmŭ́thĭon 		τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
tṑ psīmŭthĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
tằ psīmŭ́thĭă
Vocative ψῑμῠ́θῐον
psīmŭ́thĭon 		ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
psīmŭthĭ́ō 		ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
psīmŭ́thĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ψῑμυθῐόω (psīmuthĭóō, verb)
  • ψῑμυθῐοφᾰνής (psīmuthĭophănḗs)
  • ψῑμυθῐ́ζω (psīmuthĭ́zō)
  • ψῑμυθοειδής (psīmuthoeidḗs)

Descendants

  • Arabic: بِسِيمُوتِيُّون (bisīmūtiyyūn)

Further reading

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