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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)

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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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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