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ψάλτρια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψάλτρια

Structure: ψαλτρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ya/llw

Sense

  1. a female harper

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "καὶ τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἐκείνων παρεκεκινήκει πρὸσ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ ὅσον οἱ μὲν Φαίακεσ, ὥσ φησιν Ὅμηροσ, μετὰ τῶν οἰκείων γυναικῶν καὶ θυγατέρων ἐποιοῦντο τοὺσ πότουσ, ὁ δὲ Στράτων μετ’ αὐλητρίδων καὶ ψαλτριῶν καὶ κιθαριστριῶν κατεσκευάζετο τὰσ συνουσίασ καὶ μετεπέμπετο πολλὰσ μὲν ἑταίρασ ἐκ Πελοποννήσου, πολλὰσ δὲ μουσουργοὺσ ἐξ Ιὠνίασ, ἑτέρασ δὲ παιδίσκασ ἐξ ἁπάσησ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ, τὰσ μὲν ᾠδικάσ, τὰσ δὲ ὀρχηστρικάσ, ὧν εἴθιστο μετὰ τῶν φίλων ἀγῶνασ τιθέναι καὶ μεθ’ ὧν συνουσιάζων διέτριβεν, χαίρων μὲν καὶ αὐτὸσ τῷ βίῳ τῷ τοιούτῳ, δοῦλοσ ὢν φύσει τῶν ἡδονῶν, ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸσ τὸν Νικοκλέα φιλοτιμούμενοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:174)

Synonyms

  1. a female harper

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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