ψύλλος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψύλλος • (psúllos) m (genitive ψύλλου); second declension

  1. synonym of ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ψῠ́λλος; τοῦ ψῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ψῠ́λλος
ho psŭ́llos 		τὼ ψῠ́λλω
tṑ psŭ́llō 		οἱ ψῠ́λλοι
hoi psŭ́lloi
Genitive τοῦ ψῠ́λλου
toû psŭ́llou 		τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν
toîn psŭ́lloin 		τῶν ψῠ́λλων
tôn psŭ́llōn
Dative τῷ ψῠ́λλῳ
tōî psŭ́llōi 		τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν
toîn psŭ́lloin 		τοῖς ψῠ́λλοις
toîs psŭ́llois
Accusative τὸν ψῠ́λλον
tòn psŭ́llon 		τὼ ψῠ́λλω
tṑ psŭ́llō 		τοὺς ψῠ́λλους
toùs psŭ́llous
Vocative ψῠ́λλε
psŭ́lle 		ψῠ́λλω
psŭ́llō 		ψῠ́λλοι
psŭ́lloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψύλλος (psúllos), masculine form of feminine ψύλλα (psúlla).

Cognate with Mariupol Greek пси́лу (psílu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpsi.los/ compare to ψηλός (psilós), ψιλός (psilós)
  • Hyphenation: ψύλ‧λος

Noun

ψύλλος • (psýllos) m (plural ψύλλοι)

  1. flea (parasitic insect)

Declension

Declension of ψύλλος
singular plural
nominative ψύλλος (psýllos) ψύλλοι (psýlloi)
genitive ψύλλου (psýllou) ψύλλων (psýllon)
accusative ψύλλο (psýllo) ψύλλους (psýllous)
vocative ψύλλε (psýlle) ψύλλοι (psýlloi)

Derived terms

  • για ψύλλου πήδημα (gia psýllou pídima)
  • γυρεύω ψύλλους στα άχυρα (gyrévo psýllous sta áchyra)
  • καλιγώνω τον ψύλλο (kaligóno ton psýllo)
  • μου μπαίνουν ψύλλοι στα αφτιά (mou baínoun psýlloi sta aftiá)
  • ούτε ψύλλος στον κόρφο μου (oúte psýllos ston kórfo mou)
  • ψύλλοι στ’ άχυρα (psýlloi st’ áchyra)
  • ψυλλιάζω (psylliázo)

Further reading

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