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

  • οἴμοι κακοδαίμων, ψιλὸσ αὖ στρατεύσομαι. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 2:39)
  • σοὶ δέ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, μελήσει τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου μηδένα παραδέχεσθαι αὐτῶν, ὃσ ἂν μὴ ψιλὸσ ᾖ καὶ τὰ ἔπιπλα, ὥσπερ ἔφην, ἀποβαλών. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:5)
  • Ἰδού σοι ψιλόσ εἰμι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 7:16)
  • κἂν ψιλὸσ ἀρκέσαιμι σοί γ’ ὡπλισμένῳ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 4:4)
  • ὦ σχῆμα πέτρασ δίπυλον, αὖθισ αὖ πάλιν εἴσειμι πρὸσ σὲ ψιλόσ, οὐκ ἔχων τροφήν· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 2:20)

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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