ψίξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψίω (psíō, “I feed on”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psǐːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psiks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psiks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psiks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psiks/
Noun
ψῑ́ξ • (psī́x) m or f (genitive ψῑχός); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ ψῑ́ξ ho / hē psī́x |
τὼ ψῖχε tṑ psîkhe |
οἱ / αἱ ψῖχες hoi / hai psîkhes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς ψῑχός toû / tês psīkhós |
τοῖν ψῑχοῖν toîn psīkhoîn |
τῶν ψῑχῶν tôn psīkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ ψῑχῐ́ tōî / tēî psīkhĭ́ |
τοῖν ψῑχοῖν toîn psīkhoîn |
τοῖς / ταῖς ψῑξῐ́ / ψῑξῐ́ν toîs / taîs psīxĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν ψῖχᾰ tòn / tḕn psîkhă |
τὼ ψῖχε tṑ psîkhe |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ψῖχᾰς toùs / tā̀s psîkhăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῑ́ξ psī́x |
ψῖχε psîkhe |
ψῖχες psîkhes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψῑχάρπαξ (psīkhárpax)
- ψῑχῐ́δῐον (psīkhĭ́dĭon)
- ψῑχῐ́ον (psīkhĭ́on)
- ψῑχῐώδης (psīkhĭṓdēs)
- ψῑχολογέω (psīkhologéō)
Further reading
- “ψίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψίξ 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