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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

  • καταχωρίσαντεσ οὖν τὰ συμβάντα διὰ τὰσ ἔξωθεν αἰτίασ, ψιλῶσ ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων γυμνὴν θεωρήσατέ μου τὴν πολιτείαν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 16:1)
  • νῦν δὲ ἕτεῤ ἄττα ἐπέλθωμεν, εἰ δοκεῖ, καὶ πρῶτόν γε αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ ἄττα μὴ δασέωσ, ἀλλὰ ψιλῶσ ἐξενεγκεῖν· (Lucian, 10:8)
  • τὴν δὲ ῥάφυν Γλαῦκοσ ἐν τῷ Ὀψαρτυτικῷ διὰ τοῦ π ψιλῶσ καλεῖ ῥάπυν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 8 1:2)
  • τρία δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἀφώνων λέγεται μὲν τῆσ γλώττησ ἀνισταμένησ πρὸσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐγγὺσ τοῦ φάρυγγοσ καὶ τῆσ ἀρτηρίασ ὑπηχούσησ τῷ πνεύματι, οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ταῦτα διαφέροντα τᾷ σχήματι ἀλλήλων, πλὴν ὅτι τὸ μὲν κ ψιλῶσ λέγεται, τὸ δὲ χ δασέωσ, τὸ δὲ γ μετρίωσ καὶ μεταξὺ ἀμφοῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1470)
  • τούτων κράτιστα μέν ἐστιν ὅσα τῷ πνεύματι πολλῷ λέγεται, δεύτερα δ’ ὅσα μέσωσ, κάκιστα δὲ ὅσα ψιλῶσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1471)

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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