ψώρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ψώρη (psṓrē) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy, mangy”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). The word has also been compared to Lithuanian sóra (“millet”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɔ̌ː.raː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/

Noun

ψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension

itch, mange, scurvy (of men and beasts)
(botany) disease of trees, scab
kind of moth

Declension

First declension of ἡ ψώρᾱ; τῆς ψώρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψώρᾱ hē psṓrā	τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā	αἱ ψῶραι hai psôrai
Genitive	τῆς ψώρᾱς tês psṓrās	τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain	τῶν ψωρῶν tôn psōrôn
Dative	τῇ ψώρᾳ tēî psṓrāi	τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain	ταῖς ψώραις taîs psṓrais
Accusative	τὴν ψώρᾱν tḕn psṓrān	τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā	τᾱ̀ς ψώρᾱς tā̀s psṓrās
Vocative	ψώρᾱ psṓrā	ψώρᾱ psṓrā	ψῶραι psôrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ψωραγριάω (psōragriáō)
ψωραλέος (psōraléos)
ψωρανθεμίς (psōranthemís)
ψωράριος (psōrários)
ψωρίᾱσις (psōríāsis)
ψωριάω (psōriáō)
ψωρικός (psōrikós)
ψωρίτης (psōrítēs)
ψωροφθαλμίᾱ (psōrophthalmíā)
ψωρώδης (psōrṓdēs)
ψώρωσις (psṓrōsis)

Descendants

> Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
> Pontic Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
- → Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)
→ Latin: psōra
- → English: psora (learned)
- → French: psora, psore (learned)

References

“ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ψώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ɾa/
with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA^(key): /tim‿bzo.ɾa/
Hyphenation: ψώ‧ρα

Noun

ψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular

(pathology) scabies, mange

Declension

Declension of **ψώρα**
	singular	plural
nominative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)
genitive	ψώρας (psóras)	—
accusative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)
vocative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)

Usually in the singular.

Related terms

αν ήταν η ζήλια ψώρα’, θα γέμιζ’ όλ’ η χώρα ― an ítan i zília psóra’, tha gémiz’ ól’ i chóra ― literally:' if jealousy were scabies, the land would be full of it.

αψώριαστος (apsóriastos, “not mangy, not scabby”)
ψωραλέος (psoraléos)
ψώρας m (psóras, “picky, fussy”)
ψωριάζω (psoriázo)
ψωριάρης (psoriáris)
ψωριάρικος (psoriárikos)
ψωρίαση f (psoríasi)
ψώριασμα n (psóriasma)
ψωριασμένος (psoriasménos, participle)
ψωρίλος m (psorílos), ψωρίλας m (psorílas)

and ψωρο- (psoro-, derogatory prefix) for colloquial compounds like

ψωροπερήφανος (psoroperífanos)
Ψωροκώσταινα f (Psorokóstaina)

Pontic Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Noun

ψώρα (psóra) f

scabies, mange

Descendants

→ Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)

References

Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “ψώρα”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 553b

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Pontic Greek

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

References

Further reading