ψάδδα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (accusative singular, probably corrupted) άδδαν (áddan)
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius.
Possibly related to ψαθυρός (psathurós, “friable, crumbling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsað.ða/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsað.ða/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsa.ða/
Noun[edit]
ψάδδα • (psádda) f (genitive ψάδδης); first declension
- (hapax) cinnabar
- Synonym: κιννάβαρι (kinnábari)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ψ:
- ψάδδα· ἡ κινάβαρις
- psádda; hē kinábaris
- psádda: cinnabar
Usage notes[edit]
- Hesychius also attests a form άδδαν, which is glossed with the accusative form τὴν κιννάβαριν (tḕn kinnábarin, “cinnabar”). This is probably a corruption of *ψάδδαν,[1] but does show that this word belongs to the first-declension.
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Rosół, Rafał (2018) “The Greek Name of Cinnabar”, in Eos, volume CV, number 2, Wrocław: Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne i Uniwersytet Wrocławski, →ISSN, oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:123516
Further reading[edit]
- “ψάδδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ
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