ψάγδας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψάγδᾱν (pságdān)
• σάγδᾱς (ságdās)

Etymology

From Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psáɡ.daːs/ → /ˈpsaɣ.ðas/ → /ˈpsaɣ.ðas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psáɡ.daːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaɡ.das/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaɣ.ðas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaɣ.ðas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsaɣ.ðas/

Noun

ψάγδᾱς • (pságdās) m (genitive ψάγδου); first declension

1. A kind of ointment used in Egypt

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ψάγδᾱς; τοῦ ψάγδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψάγδᾱς ho pságdās	τὼ ψάγδᾱ tṑ pságdā	οἱ ψάγδαι hoi pságdai
Genitive	τοῦ ψάγδου toû pságdou	τοῖν ψάγδαιν toîn pságdain	τῶν ψαγδῶν tôn psagdôn
Dative	τῷ ψάγδᾳ tôi pságdāi	τοῖν ψάγδαιν toîn pságdain	τοῖς ψάγδαις toîs pságdais
Accusative	τὸν ψάγδᾱν tòn pságdān	τὼ ψάγδᾱ tṑ pságdā	τοὺς ψάγδᾱς toùs pságdās
Vocative	ψάγδᾱ pságdā	ψάγδᾱ pságdā	ψάγδαι pságdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• ψάγδας 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ