ψυκτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “to cool, refresh”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyk.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psykˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psykˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psykˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psikˈtir/
Noun
ψῠκτήρ • (psŭktḗr) m (genitive ψῠκτῆρος); third declension
- wine cooler
- (in the plural) cool, shady places for recreation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ψῠκτήρ ho psŭktḗr |
τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psŭktêre |
οἱ ψῠκτῆρες hoi psŭktêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψῠκτῆρος toû psŭktêros |
τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psŭktḗroin |
τῶν ψῠκτήρων tôn psŭktḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψῠκτῆρῐ tōî psŭktêrĭ |
τοῖν ψῠκτήροιν toîn psŭktḗroin |
τοῖς ψῠκτῆρσῐ / ψῠκτῆρσῐν toîs psŭktêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ψῠκτῆρᾰ tòn psŭktêră |
τὼ ψῠκτῆρε tṑ psŭktêre |
τοὺς ψῠκτῆρᾰς toùs psŭktêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῠκτήρ psŭktḗr |
ψῠκτῆρε psŭktêre |
ψῠκτῆρες psŭktêres | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψῠκτηρῐ́δῐον (psŭktērĭ́dĭon)
- ψῠκτηρῐ́σκος (psŭktērĭ́skos)
Descendants
- → English: psykter
Further reading
- “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψυκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψυκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette