ψαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From ψάρ (psár) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psaː.rós/ → /psaˈros/ → /psaˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psaː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/

Adjective

ψᾱρός • (psārós) m (feminine ψᾱρᾱ́, neuter ψᾱρόν); first/second declension

1. speckled, dappled, like a starling

Inflection

First and second declension of ψᾱρός; ψᾱρᾱ́; ψᾱρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψᾱρός psārós	ψᾱρᾱ́ psārā́	ψᾱρόν psārón		ψᾱρώ psārṓ	ψᾱρᾱ́ psārā́	ψᾱρώ psārṓ		ψᾱροί psāroí	ψᾱραί psāraí	ψᾱρᾰ́ psārá
Genitive		ψᾱροῦ psāroû	ψᾱρᾶς psārâs	ψᾱροῦ psāroû		ψᾱροῖν psāroîn	ψᾱραῖν psāraîn	ψᾱροῖν psāroîn		ψᾱρῶν psārôn	ψᾱρῶν psārôn	ψᾱρῶν psārôn
Dative		ψᾱρῷ psārôi	ψᾱρᾷ psārâi	ψᾱρῷ psārôi		ψᾱροῖν psāroîn	ψᾱραῖν psāraîn	ψᾱροῖν psāroîn		ψᾱροῖς psāroîs	ψᾱραῖς psāraîs	ψᾱροῖς psāroîs
Accusative		ψᾱρόν psārón	ψᾱρᾱ́ν psārā́n	ψᾱρόν psārón		ψᾱρώ psārṓ	ψᾱρᾱ́ psārā́	ψᾱρώ psārṓ		ψᾱρούς psāroús	ψᾱρᾱ́ς psārā́s	ψᾱρᾰ́ psārá
Vocative		ψᾱρέ psāré	ψᾱρᾱ́ psārā́	ψᾱρόν psārón		ψᾱρώ psārṓ	ψᾱρᾱ́ psārā́	ψᾱρώ psārṓ		ψᾱροί psāroí	ψᾱραί psāraí	ψᾱρᾰ́ psārá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψᾱρῶς psārôs				ψᾱρότερος psāróteros				ψᾱρότᾰτος psārótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psaː.rós/ → /psaˈros/ → /psaˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psaː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psaˈros/

Noun

ψᾱρός • (psārós)

1. genitive singular of ψᾱ́ρ (psā́r)

Further reading

• “ψαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψαρός 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