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

  • παῖδα γάρ σ’ εἰκὸσ καλεῖν, ἑώσ ἂν οὕτωσ τὰσ γνάθουσ ψιλὰσ ἔχῃσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode6)
  • αὐξήσεισ δὲ περιβολήν, ἐὰν μὴ ψιλὰσ τὰσ παραλείψεισ λέγῃσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ αἰτιολογίασ αὐτῶν προστιθῇσ, ὡσ ἐν τῷ πρὸσ Λεπτίνην, ὃν μὲν οὖν τρόπον ὑμᾶσ ἔχων πρὸσ Πελοποννησίουσ ἅπαντασ παρετάξατο ἐν Θήβαισ, καὶ ὡσ Γοργώπαν ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν Αἰγίνῃ, καὶ ὅσα ἐν Κύπρῳ ἐποίησε, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ὅτι πᾶσαν ἐπελθὼν ὀλίγου χώραν, οὐδαμοῦ τὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὄνομα οὐδ’ αὑτὸν κατῄσχυνε, καὶ ἡ αἰτιολογία, δι’ ἣν παραλείπει, ὅτι ἀδύνατον κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν εἰπεῖν, πολλή τε αἰσχύνη λέγοντοσ ἐμοῦ ταῦτα ἐλάττω φανῆναι τῆσ παρ’ ἑκάστῳ περὶ αὐτοῦ δόξησ ὑπαρχούσησ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 14:7)
  • τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐκ τούτων καθιστάναι ταύτην τὴν δύναμιν ἐφ’ ἑαυτούσ ἐστι καθιστάναι, δεῖ δὲ διῃρημένησ τῆσ ἡλικίασ, καὶ τῶν μὲν ὄντων πρεσβυτέρων τῶν δὲ νέων, ἔτι μὲν ὄντασ νέουσ τοὺσ αὐτῶν υἱεῖσ διδάσκεσθαι τὰσ κούφασ καὶ τὰσ ψιλὰσ ἐργασίασ, ἐκκεκριμένουσ δὲ ἐκ παίδων ἀθλητὰσ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ τῶν ἔργων· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 102:1)
  • εἰ δ’ αὐτὸσ οὐχ οἱο͂́σ τε εἶ κατὰ ταύτασ ψιλὰσ πορευόμενοσ εὑρεῖν τὸ ἑξῆσ, ἄκουσον παρὰ τῶν ἐζητηκότων. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 51:4)
  • καὶ εὐθὺσ ἄγων πρὸσ τοὺσ ταξιάρχουσ συνέστησεν αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐκέλευσε τά τε γέρρα καὶ τὰσ ψιλὰσ μαχαίρασ τούτοισ δοῦναι, ὅπωσ ἔχοντεσ σὺν τοῖσ ἵπποισ ἕπωνται, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια τούτοισ ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ Πέρσαισ λαμβάνειν, αὐτοὺσ δὲ τοὺσ θώρακασ καὶ τὰ ξυστὰ ἔχοντασ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀχεῖσθαι, καὶ αὐτὸσ οὕτω ποιῶν κατῆρχεν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺσ πεζοὺσ τῶν ὁμοτίμων ἀνθ’ αὑτοῦ ἕκαστον καθιστάναι ἄλλον ἄρχοντα τῶν ὁμοτίμων. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 68:1)

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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