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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

  • τούσ γε μὴν ψιλοὺσ ἄλλοτε ἄλλῃ τακτέον· (Arrian, chapter 13 1:1)
  • πρῶτα μὲν δὴ ἐπὶ τῶν πεζῶν ἡμίσεασ τοὺσ ψιλούσ φαμεν χρῆναι ἔχειν, εἰ σύμμετροι ἔσονται πρὸσ τὸ ἔργον, καὶ τοὺσ λόχουσ αὐτῶν οὐχὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἀνδρῶν χρὴ εἶναι ἀλλ̓ ὀκτώ, ὥστε τοὺσ χιλίουσ καὶ τέσσαρασ καὶ εἴκοσι λόχουσ τὸν ἥμισυν ἀριθμὸν ἐκπιμπλάναι τῆσ πεζικῆσ φάλαγγοσ, καὶ εἶναι ἀνδρῶν ὀκτακισχιλίων καὶ ἑκατὸν καὶ δυοῖν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐνενήκοντα. (Arrian, chapter 14 2:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τοὺσ ψιλοὺσ ἐπεκτείνειν ἄμεινον καὶ τοὺσ ἱππέασ, ὡσ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ διπλασιασμοῦ ἔκπληξιν ἄνευ κινήσεωσ τῆσ πεζικῆσ φάλαγγοσ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ἐμποιῆσαι. (Arrian, chapter 25 9:1)
  • ἔνταξιν δὲ ὀνομάζουσιν, ἐπειδὰν τοὺσ ψιλοὺσ ἐσ τὰ διαστήματα τῶν πεζῶν ἐντάξωσιν, ἄνδρα παῤ ἄνδρα ἱστάντεσ· (Arrian, chapter 26 8:1)
  • ὑπόταξιν δέ, ἐπειδὰν τοὺσ ψιλοὺσ ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆσ φάλαγγοσ ὑποτάξῃ τισ ὡσ ἐσ ἐπικάμπιον. (Arrian, chapter 26 9:1)

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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