Ψαῦμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psâu̯.mis/ → /ˈpsaβ.mis/ → /ˈpsav.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psâu̯.mis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaw.mis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaβ.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsav.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsav.mis/

Proper noun

Ψαῦμῐς • (Psaûmis) m (genitive Ψαύμῐος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Psaumis, famously held by:
   1. Psaumis of Camarina, tyrant of Camarina and Olympic winner

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ψαῦμῐς; τοῦ Ψαύμῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ψαῦμῐς ho Psaûmis
Genitive	τοῦ Ψαύμῐος toû Psaúmios
Dative	τῷ Ψαύμῑ tôi Psaúmī
Accusative	τὸν Ψαῦμῐν tòn Psaûmin
Vocative	Ψαῦμῐ Psaûmi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Psaumis

Further reading

• Ψαῦμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ψαῦμις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter