psallo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation

Verb

psallō (present infinitive psallere, perfect active psallī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to make a bowstring twang to send forth an arrow
  2. to pluck a string with the fingers (but never with a plectrum)
  3. to play, or sing to, a named instrument (such as the cithara or other instrument)
  4. to sing or play a tune
  5. to sing the psalms

Usage notes

  • Used transitively in Medieval Latin in the meaning "to sing (a psalm)".

Conjugation

   Conjugation of psallō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present psallō psallis psallit psallimus psallitis psallunt
imperfect psallēbam psallēbās psallēbat psallēbāmus psallēbātis psallēbant
future psallam psallēs psallet psallēmus psallētis psallent
perfect psallī psallistī psallit psallimus psallistis psallērunt,
psallēre
pluperfect psalleram psallerās psallerat psallerāmus psallerātis psallerant
future perfect psallerō psalleris psallerit psallerimus psalleritis psallerint
passive present — — psallitur — — —
imperfect — — psallēbātur — — —
future — — psallētur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present psallam psallās psallat psallāmus psallātis psallant
imperfect psallerem psallerēs psalleret psallerēmus psallerētis psallerent
perfect psallerim psallerīs psallerit psallerīmus psallerītis psallerint
pluperfect psallissem psallissēs psallisset psallissēmus psallissētis psallissent
passive present — — psallātur — — —
imperfect — — psallerētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — psalle — — psallite —
future — psallitō psallitō — psallitōte psalluntō
passive future — — psallitor — — —
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present psallere psallī psallēns —
future — — — psallendum,
psallundum
perfect psallisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
psallendī psallendō psallendum psallendō — —

References

  • “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • psallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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