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ψῑλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψῑλός ψῑλή ψῑλόν

Structure: ψῑλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. naked, bare
  2. bald, smooth
  3. unclad, uncovered
  4. small, frail, delicate
  5. (military) light (troops)
  6. unarmed
  7. (of words) without meter (i.e. prose)
  8. (poetry) without music (Epic vs Lyrical)
  9. (singing) without music (a capella)
  10. (music) without singing (instrumentals)
  11. (grammar) without the rough breathing (i.e. with the smooth breathing)
  12. (grammar) describing the unaspirated voiceless stops, π ‎(p), τ ‎(t), κ ‎(k), as opposed to the aspirated voiceless stops, φ ‎(ph), χ ‎(kh), θ ‎(th)

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ψῑλός ψῑλή ψῑλόν
Genitive ψῑλοῦ ψῑλῆς ψῑλοῦ
Dative ψῑλῷ ψῑλῇ ψῑλῷ
Accusative ψῑλόν ψῑλήν ψῑλόν
Vocative ψῑλέ ψῑλή ψῑλόν
DualN/A/V ψῑλώ ψῑλᾱ́ ψῑλώ
G/D ψῑλοῖν ψῑλαῖν ψῑλοῖν
PluralNominative ψῑλοί ψῑλαί ψῑλά
Genitive ψῑλῶν ψῑλῶν ψῑλῶν
Dative ψῑλοῖς ψῑλαῖς ψῑλοῖς
Accusative ψῑλούς ψῑλᾱ́ς ψῑλά
Vocative ψῑλοί ψῑλαί ψῑλά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ψῑλός ψῑλοῦ ψῑλότερος ψῑλοτεροῦ ψῑλότατος ψῑλοτατοῦ
Adverb ψῑλώς ψῑλότερον ψῑλότατα

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

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ ἄριστε, οὐκ εἰσ ψιλὰ τὰ διδόμενα ἡμεῖσ ἀποβλέπομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 10:1)
  • οὕτω ψιλά, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, καὶ ἁπλοϊκὰ καὶ πεζὰ κηρύττεισ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐπὶ τοῖσ μεγίστοισ συγκαλῶν; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 6:5)
  • τῶν δὲ καλουμένων ἀφώνων ἐννέα ὄντων τρία μέν ἐστι ψιλά, τρία δὲ δασέα, τρία δὲ μεταξὺ τούτων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1459)
  • ψιλὰ μὲν τὸ κ καὶ τὸ π καὶ τὸ τ, δασέα δὲ τὸ θ καὶ τὸ φ καὶ τὸ χ, κοινὰ δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β καὶ τὸ γ καὶ τὸ δ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1460)
  • ὅταν μὲν οὖν μὴ ψιλὰ κατ’ εἶδοσ λέγῃσ, ἀλλὰ προλαμβάνῃσ τὰ ἐν γένει, περιβολὴν ποιεῖσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 3:8)

Synonyms

  1. naked

  2. bald

  3. unclad

  4. light

  5. unarmed

  6. without music

  7. without music

  8. without the rough breathing

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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