ψοῖθος
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See also: ψοιθός
Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψόθος (psóthos, “uncleanness, foulness”) and ψόλος (psólos, “soot”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psôi̯.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.θos/
Noun[edit]
ψοῖθος • (psoîthos)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: σποδός (spodós, “wood-ashes, embers”).
Derived terms[edit]
- ψοιθός (psoithós)
Further reading[edit]
- “ψοῖθος”, 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