ψώρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψώρη (psṓrē) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψᾱ́ω (psā́ō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy; mangy”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). The word has also been compared to Lithuanian sóra (“millet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɔ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈpso.ra/ → /ˈpso.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psɔ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ra/

Noun

ψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension

1. itch; mange; scurvy (of men and beasts)
2. (botany) disease of trees; scab
3. a kind of moth

Declension

First declension of ἡ ψώρᾱ; τῆς ψώρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψώρᾱ hē psṓrā	τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā	αἱ ψῶραι hai psôrai
Genitive	τῆς ψώρᾱς tês psṓrās	τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain	τῶν ψωρῶν tôn psōrôn
Dative	τῇ ψώρᾳ tēî psṓrāi	τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain	ταῖς ψώραις taîs psṓrais
Accusative	τὴν ψώρᾱν tḕn psṓrān	τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā	τᾱ̀ς ψώρᾱς tā̀s psṓrās
Vocative	ψώρᾱ psṓrā	ψώρᾱ psṓrā	ψῶραι psôrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψωρᾰγρῐάω (psōrăgrĭáō)
• ψωρᾰλέος (psōrăléos)
• ψωρᾰνθεμῐ́ς (psōrănthemĭ́s)
• ψωρᾱ́ρῐος (psōrā́rĭos)
• ψωρῐ́ᾱσῐς (psōrĭ́āsĭs)
• ψωρῐάω (psōrĭáō)
• ψωρῐκός (psōrĭkós)
• ψωρῑ́της (psōrī́tēs)
• ψωροφθᾰλμῐ́ᾱ (psōrophthălmĭ́ā)
• ψωρόφθᾰλμος (psōróphthălmos)
• ψωρώδης (psōrṓdēs)
• ψώρωσῐς (psṓrōsĭs)

Descendants

• > Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
• > Pontic Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
  • → Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)
• → Latin: psōra
  • → English: psora (learned)
  • → French: psora, psore (learned)

References

• “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψώρα 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

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpso.ɾa/
• with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA^(key): /tim‿bzo.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: ψώ‧ρα

Noun

ψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular

1. (pathology) scabies, mange

Declension

Declension of ψώρα

	singular	plural
nominative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)
genitive	ψώρας (psóras)	—
accusative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)
vocative	ψώρα (psóra)	ψώρες (psóres)

Usually in the singular.

Derived terms

• ψωράλογο (psorálogo, “nag”)

Related terms

• αν ήταν η ζήλια ψώρα’, θα γέμιζ’ όλ’ η χώρα ― an ítan i zília psóra’, tha gémiz’ ól’ i chóra ― literally:' if jealousy were scabies, the land would be full of it.

• αψώριαστος (apsóriastos, “not mangy, not scabby”)
• ψωραλέος (psoraléos)
• ψώρας m (psóras, “picky, fussy”)
• ψωριάζω (psoriázo)
• ψωριάρης (psoriáris)
• ψωριάρικος (psoriárikos)
• ψωρίαση f (psoríasi)
• ψώριασμα n (psóriasma)
• ψωριασμένος (psoriasménos, participle)
• ψωρίλος m (psorílos), ψωρίλας m (psorílas)

and ψωρο- (psoro-, derogatory prefix) for colloquial compounds like

• ψωροπερήφανος (psoroperífanos)
• Ψωροκώσταινα f (Psorokóstaina)

Pontic Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Noun

ψώρα (psóra) f

1. scabies, mange

Descendants

• → Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)

References

• Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961), “ψώρα”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 553b

Further reading

• ψώρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el