ψόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Closest to ψόλος (psólos, “soot”). Furnée connects ψοῖθος (psoîthos, “ashes”) and assumes also *ψῶδος (*psôdos, “dirt”), on the basis of ψωδαρέον (psōdaréon, “dry, parched; squalid, wretched”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psó.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.θos/

Noun

ψόθος • (psóthos) m (genitive ψόθου); second declension

uncleanness, foulness
Synonyms: ἀκαθαρσία (akatharsía), ῥύπος (rhúpos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ψόθος; τοῦ ψόθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψόθος ho psóthos	τὼ ψόθω tṑ psóthō	οἱ ψόθοι hoi psóthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ψόθου toû psóthou	τοῖν ψόθοιν toîn psóthoin	τῶν ψόθων tôn psóthōn
Dative	τῷ ψόθῳ tōî psóthōi	τοῖν ψόθοιν toîn psóthoin	τοῖς ψόθοις toîs psóthois
Accusative	τὸν ψόθον tòn psóthon	τὼ ψόθω tṑ psóthō	τοὺς ψόθους toùs psóthous
Vocative	ψόθε psóthe	ψόθω psóthō	ψόθοι psóthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ψόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ