ψαυκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Pre-Greek origin, like σαυκρόν (saukrón).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psau̯.krós/ → /psaɸˈkros/ → /psafˈkros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psau̯.krós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psaʍˈkros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psaɸˈkros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psafˈkros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psafˈkros/

Adjective

ψαυκρός • (psaukrós) m (feminine ψαυκρᾱ́, neuter ψαυκρόν); first/second declension

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: καλλοπιστής (kallopistḗs, “dandy”), ταχύς (takhús, “swift”), ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light”), ἀραιός (araiós, “thin, slender”).

Inflection

First and second declension of ψαυκρός; ψαυκρᾱ́; ψαυκρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψαυκρός psaukrós	ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́	ψαυκρόν psaukrón		ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ	ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́	ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ		ψαυκροί psaukroí	ψαυκραί psaukraí	ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá
Genitive		ψαυκροῦ psaukroû	ψαυκρᾶς psaukrâs	ψαυκροῦ psaukroû		ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn	ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn	ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn		ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn	ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn	ψαυκρῶν psaukrôn
Dative		ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi	ψαυκρᾷ psaukrâi	ψαυκρῷ psaukrôi		ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn	ψαυκραῖν psaukraîn	ψαυκροῖν psaukroîn		ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs	ψαυκραῖς psaukraîs	ψαυκροῖς psaukroîs
Accusative		ψαυκρόν psaukrón	ψαυκρᾱ́ν psaukrā́n	ψαυκρόν psaukrón		ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ	ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́	ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ		ψαυκρούς psaukroús	ψαυκρᾱ́ς psaukrā́s	ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá
Vocative		ψαυκρέ psaukré	ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́	ψαυκρόν psaukrón		ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ	ψαυκρᾱ́ psaukrā́	ψαυκρώ psaukrṓ		ψαυκροί psaukroí	ψαυκραί psaukraí	ψαυκρᾰ́ psaukrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψαυκρῶς psaukrôs				ψαυκρότερος psaukróteros				ψαυκρότᾰτος psaukrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψαυκρόν γόνυ (psaukrón gónu)
• ψαυκροπόδης (psaukropódēs)

 

Further reading

• “ψαυκρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ