ψαφαρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψαφερός (psapherós) — Ionic

Etymology

From a zero grade of ψῆφος (psêphos) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/ → /psa.ɸaˈros/ → /psa.faˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psa.pʰaˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psa.ɸaˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psa.faˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psa.faˈros/

Adjective

ψᾰφᾰρός • (psapharós) m (feminine ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́, neuter ψᾰφᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. friable, powdery, crumbling, crumbly

   Synonym: ψαθυρός (psathurós)

2. sandy
3. thin, watery (of semi-liquids)
4. rough, dry (of wine)

Inflection

First and second declension of ψᾰφᾰρός; ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́; ψᾰφᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψᾰφᾰρός psapharós	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́	ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ		ψᾰφᾰροί psapharoí	ψᾰφᾰραί psapharaí	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará
Genitive		ψᾰφᾰροῦ psapharoû	ψᾰφᾰρᾶς psapharâs	ψᾰφᾰροῦ psapharoû		ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn	ψᾰφᾰραῖν psapharaîn	ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn		ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn	ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn	ψᾰφᾰρῶν psapharôn
Dative		ψᾰφᾰρῷ psapharôi	ψᾰφᾰρᾷ psapharâi	ψᾰφᾰρῷ psapharôi		ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn	ψᾰφᾰραῖν psapharaîn	ψᾰφᾰροῖν psapharoîn		ψᾰφᾰροῖς psapharoîs	ψᾰφᾰραῖς psapharaîs	ψᾰφᾰροῖς psapharoîs
Accusative		ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ν psapharā́n	ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ		ψᾰφᾰρούς psapharoús	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ς psapharā́s	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará
Vocative		ψᾰφᾰρέ psapharé	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́	ψᾰφᾰρόν psapharón		ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ	ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́ psapharā́	ψᾰφᾰρώ psapharṓ		ψᾰφᾰροί psapharoí	ψᾰφᾰραί psapharaí	ψᾰφᾰρᾰ́ psaphará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψᾰφᾰρῶς psapharôs				ψᾰφᾰρώτερος psapharṓteros				ψᾰφᾰρώτᾰτος psapharṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψαφαρία (psapharía)
• ψαφαρίτης (psapharítēs)
• ψαφαρόθριξ (psapharóthrix)
• ψαφαρόομαι (psapharóomai)
• ψαφαροχαίτης (psapharokhaítēs)
• ψαφαρόχροος (psapharókhroos)

 

Further reading

• “ψαφαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψαφαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψαφαρός 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