ψαλόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same root of ψάλιον (psálion, “curb-chain”), ψέλιον (psélion, “ring worn by the Persians”) and σπαλίων (spalíōn, “wicker roof”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psa.lón/ → /psaˈlon/ → /psaˈlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psa.lón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psaˈlon/

Noun

ψαλόν • (psalón)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: εἶδος (eîdos, “kind”) χαλινοῦ (khalinoû, “of bridle”).

References

• 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