ψιμύθιον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ψῑμίθῐον (psīmíthion), ψιμμύθῐον (psimmúthion), ψιμμίθῐον (psimmíthion)
- ψημυθῐον (psēmuthion) — Aeolic
Etymology[edit]
From ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos) + -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psiː.mý.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psiˈmy.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psiˈmy.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psiˈmy.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiˈmi.θi.on/
Noun[edit]
ψῑμύθῐον • (psīmúthion) n (genitive ψῑμῠθῐ́ου); second declension
- Diminutive of ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos): white lead (as a pigment to whiten the face or hair)
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον tò psīmúthion |
τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω tṑ psīmuthíō |
τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ tà psīmúthia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψῑμῠθῐ́ου toû psīmuthíou |
τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν toîn psīmuthíoin |
τῶν ψῑμῠθῐ́ων tôn psīmuthíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψῑμῠθῐ́ῳ tôi psīmuthíōi |
τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν toîn psīmuthíoin |
τοῖς ψῑμῠθῐ́οις toîs psīmuthíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον tò psīmúthion |
τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω tṑ psīmuthíō |
τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ tà psīmúthia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῑμῠ́θῐον psīmúthion |
ψῑμῠθῐ́ω psīmuthíō |
ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ psīmúthia | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- ψῑμυθῐόω (psīmuthióō, verb)
- ψῑμυθῐοφᾰνής (psīmuthiophanḗs)
- ψῑμυθῐ́ζω (psīmuthízō)
- ψῑμυθοειδής (psīmuthoeidḗs)
Descendants[edit]
- Arabic: بِسِيمُوتِيُّون (bisīmūtiyyūn)
Further reading[edit]
- “ψιμύθιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek diminutive nouns