Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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)

Examples

  • ψιλαὶ δὲ Περσικαὶ τὴν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποδῶν χώραν ἐκάλυπτον, ἀκριβῆ τὴν εὐγραμμίαν τῶν ἐνυφασμένων ἔχουσαι ζῳδίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:87)
  • καὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῖσι κακοχύμοισι ἱερείοισι τὰ κρέα χαλάζησ ἐστὶ ἔμπλεα· ἢν δὲ πολλὸν αἴρηταί τι ἀπὸ τῶν ἔνδοθεν, ἡ πάθη καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσι ἄκροισι φαίνηται, λειχῆνεσ ἐπὶ τοῖσι ἄκροισι δακτύλοισι , γούνασι κνησμοὶ, καὶ τῶν κνησμῶν ἅπτονται μεθ’ ἡδονῆσ· ἀμπίσχει δὲ ὁ λειχὴν καὶ γένειόν κοτε ἐν κύκλῳ· ἐρεύθει δὲ καὶ μῆλα ξὺν ὄγκῳ οὐ κάρτα μεγάλῳ· ὀττίεσ ἀχλυώδεεσ, χαλκώδεεσ · ὀφρύεσ προβλῆτεσ, παχεῖαι , ψιλαὶ, βρίθουσαι κάτω, μεσοφρύων ξυνηγμένων ὀχθώδεεσ· χρῶμα πελιδνὸν ἢ μέλαν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 377)
  • χείρουσ δὲ καὶ πλείουσ αἱ τοιαίδε, μικραί, γρυπαί, χαροποί, μυωποί, ἄμορφοι, σκληραί, ἀσθενεῖσ, ψιλαί, ὑψηλαί, ἀσύμμετροι, ἄψυχοι, ἄρρινεσ, οὐκ εὔποδεσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 3:1)
  • πονεῖν δὲ ἀδύνατοι αἱ ἀσθενεῖσ καὶ αἱ ψιλαί· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 4:6)
  • ἆρ’ οὖν οὐκ ἀριθμητικὴ μὲν καί τινεσ ἕτεραι ταύτῃ συγγενεῖσ τέχναι ψιλαὶ τῶν πράξεών εἰσι, τὸ δὲ γνῶναι παρέσχοντο μόνον; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. naked

  2. bald

  3. unclad

  4. light

  5. unarmed

  6. without music

  7. without music

  8. without the rough breathing

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION