ψῑλός
First/Second declension Adjective;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ψῑλός
ψῑλή
ψῑλόν
Structure:
ψῑλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- naked, bare
- bald, smooth
- unclad, uncovered
- small, frail, delicate
- (military) light (troops)
- unarmed
- (of words) without meter (i.e. prose)
- (poetry) without music (Epic vs Lyrical)
- (singing) without music (a capella)
- (music) without singing (instrumentals)
- (grammar) without the rough breathing (i.e. with the smooth breathing)
- (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
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.
- πελαζόντων δὲ ἤδη ὡσ μέγιστον καὶ φοβερώτατον ἀλαλάζειν σύμπαντασ τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ, καὶ βέλη τε ἀπὸ μηχανῶν καὶ λίθουσ ἀφίεσθαι καὶ βέλη ἀπὸ τόξων, καὶ τὰσ λόγχασ οἱ λογχοφόροι ἀκοντιζόντων, οἵ τε ψιλοὶ καὶ οἱ θειασταί. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 34:2)
- τῶν δὲ Λακεδαιμονίων οὐκέτι ἐπεκθεῖν, ᾗ προσπίπτοιεν, δυναμένων, γνόντεσ αὐτοὺσ οἱ ψιλοὶ βραδυτέρουσ ἤδη, συστραφέντεσ καὶ ἐμβοήσαντεσ, ὡρ́μησαν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ἀθρόοι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 25 3:4)
- μετὰ δὲ τούτουσ οἱ Αἐροκόρδακεσ, ψιλοί τε ὄντεσ καὶ πεζοί, πλὴν μάχιμοί γε καὶ οὗτοι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 16:6)
- ἐκ δὲ τούτου παρῆν εἰσ τὴν Λακωνικὴν ὁ Ἐπαμεινώνδασ μετὰ τῶν συμμάχων, οὐκ ἐλάττονασ ἔχων τετρακισμυρίων ὁπλιτῶν, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ψιλοὶ καὶ ἄνοπλοι πρὸσ ἁρπαγὴν συνηκολούθουν, ὥστε μυριάδασ ἑπτὰ τοῦ σύμπαντοσ ὄχλου συνεισβαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν Λακωνικήν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 31 1:1)
- ἔπειτα προσπίπτοντεσ οἱ ψιλοὶ καὶ πρὶν ἢ τὸν συνήθη λαβεῖν κόσμον καὶ διακριθῆναι κατὰ λόχουσ κινοῦντεσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ βιαζόμενοι πρὸσ τὸ συντυχὸν ἀτάκτουσ ἠνάγκασαν μάχεσθαι. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 41 3:3)
Synonyms
-
naked
-
bald
-
unclad
-
light
-
unarmed
-
without music
-
without music
-
without the rough breathing
