ψαφαρός
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a zero grade of ψῆφος (psêphos) + -ρός (-rós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psa.pʰa.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psa.pʰaˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psa.ɸaˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psa.faˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psa.faˈros/
Adjective
[edit]ψᾰφᾰρός • (psapharós) m (feminine ψᾰφᾰρᾱ́, neuter ψᾰφᾰρόν); first/second declension
- friable, powdery, crumbling, crumbly
- Synonym: ψαθυρός (psathurós)
- sandy
- thin, watery (of semi-liquids)
- rough, dry (of wine)
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ψαφαρία (psapharía)
- ψαφαρίτης (psapharítēs)
- ψαφαρόθριξ (psapharóthrix)
- ψαφαρόομαι (psapharóomai)
- ψαφαροχαίτης (psapharokhaítēs)
- ψαφαρόχροος (psapharókhroos)
Further reading
[edit]- “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