psallo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.loː/, [ˈps̠älːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.lo/, [ˈpsälːo]

Verb

psallō (present infinitive psallere, perfect active psallī); third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. to make a bowstring twang to send forth an arrow
2. to pluck a string with the fingers (but never with a plectrum)
3. to play, or sing to, a named instrument (such as the cithara or other instrument)
4. to sing or play a tune
5. to sing the psalms

Conjugation

Conjugation of psallō (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	psallō	psallis	psallit	psallimus	psallitis	psallunt
	imperfect	psallēbam	psallēbās	psallēbat	psallēbāmus	psallēbātis	psallēbant
	future	psallam	psallēs	psallet	psallēmus	psallētis	psallent
	perfect	psallī	psallistī	psallit	psallimus	psallistis	psallērunt, psallēre
	pluperfect	psalleram	psallerās	psallerat	psallerāmus	psallerātis	psallerant
	future perfect	psallerō	psalleris	psallerit	psallerimus	psalleritis	psallerint
passive	present	—	—	psallitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	psallēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	psallētur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	psallam	psallās	psallat	psallāmus	psallātis	psallant
	imperfect	psallerem	psallerēs	psalleret	psallerēmus	psallerētis	psallerent
	perfect	psallerim	psallerīs	psallerit	psallerīmus	psallerītis	psallerint
	pluperfect	psallissem	psallissēs	psallisset	psallissēmus	psallissētis	psallissent
passive	present	—	—	psallātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	psallerētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	psalle	—	—	psallite	—
	future	—	psallitō	psallitō	—	psallitōte	psalluntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		psallere	psallisse	—	psallī	—	—
participles		psallēns	—	—	—	—	psallendum, psallundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		psallendī	psallendō	psallendum	psallendō	—	—

Usage notes

• Used transitively in Medieval Latin in the meaning "to sing (a psalm)".

References

• “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “psallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• psallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.