ψύλλος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psýl.los/ → /ˈpsyl.los/ → /ˈpsi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psýl.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.los/

Noun

ψύλλος • (psúllos) m (genitive ψύλλου); second declension

1. synonym of ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ψῠ́λλος; τοῦ ψῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῠ́λλος ho psŭ́llos	τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psŭ́llō	οἱ ψῠ́λλοι hoi psŭ́lloi
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠ́λλου toû psŭ́llou	τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psŭ́lloin	τῶν ψῠ́λλων tôn psŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠ́λλῳ tōî psŭ́llōi	τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psŭ́lloin	τοῖς ψῠ́λλοις toîs psŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸν ψῠ́λλον tòn psŭ́llon	τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psŭ́llō	τοὺς ψῠ́λλους toùs psŭ́llous
Vocative	ψῠ́λλε psŭ́lle	ψῠ́λλω psŭ́llō	ψῠ́λλοι psŭ́lloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψύλλος (psúllos), masculine form of feminine ψύλλα (psúlla).

Cognate with Mariupol Greek пси́лу (psílu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.los/ compare to ψηλός (psilós), ψιλός (psilós)
• Hyphenation: ψύλ‧λος

Noun

ψύλλος • (psýllos) m (plural ψύλλοι)

1. flea (parasitic insect)

Declension

Declension of ψύλλος

	singular	plural
nominative	ψύλλος (psýllos)	ψύλλοι (psýlloi)
genitive	ψύλλου (psýllou)	ψύλλων (psýllon)
accusative	ψύλλο (psýllo)	ψύλλους (psýllous)
vocative	ψύλλε (psýlle)	ψύλλοι (psýlloi)

Derived terms

• για ψύλλου πήδημα (gia psýllou pídima)
• γυρεύω ψύλλους στα άχυρα (gyrévo psýllous sta áchyra)
• καλιγώνω τον ψύλλο (kaligóno ton psýllo)
• μου μπαίνουν ψύλλοι στα αφτιά (mou baínoun psýlloi sta aftiá)
• ούτε ψύλλος στον κόρφο μου (oúte psýllos ston kórfo mou)
• ψύλλοι στ’ άχυρα (psýlloi st’ áchyra)

Related terms

• ψυλλιάζω (psylliázo)

Further reading

• ψύλλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• ψύλλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el