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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

  • Κῦροσ δὲ ψιλὴν ἔχων τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰσ τὴν μάχην καθίστατο λέγεται δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ Πέρσασ ψιλαῖσ ταῖσ κεφαλαῖσ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ διακινδυνεύειν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 8 7:1)
  • ἧλιξ δὲ ἥλικα καὶ τὸν ἄπαιδα προέχοντα ἡλικίᾳ ἑαυτοῦ ἐὰν τύπτῃ, γέρων τε γέροντα καὶ ἐὰν νέοσ νέον, ἀμυνέσθω κατὰ φύσιν ἄνευ βέλουσ ψιλαῖσ ταῖσ χερσίν· (Plato, Laws, book 9 173:3)
  • ὥστε τοὺσ Μακεδόνασ ποτὲ ἰδόντασ ἔν τισιν ἀκρολοφίαισ ψιλαῖσ ἑστῶτασ ἐν τάξει κατὰ μέτωπον πολλοὺσ καὶ γὰρ ἀνθρωπονούστατον εἶναι τὸ ζῷον, οὐχ ἧττον τῶν ἐλεφάντων στρατοπέδου λαβεῖν φαντασίαν καὶ ὁρμῆσαι μὲν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ὡσ πολεμίουσ, μαθόντασ δὲ παρὰ Ταξίλου συνόντοσ τότε τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἀλήθειαν παύσασθαι. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 58:5)

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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