ψώρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψώρη (psṓrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ψάω (psáō, “to rub”).

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

ψώρα • (psṓra) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension

1. itch, mange, scurvy (of men and beasts)
   1. a disease of trees, scab
   2. 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 têi 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.

Descendants

• Latin: psōra
  • English: psora

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

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Greek

Noun

ψώρα • (psóra) f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) scabies, mange

Declension

  ψώρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	ψάρα •
genitive	ψάρας •
accusative	ψάρα •
vocative	ψάρα •