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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

  • εἶδον ἐν τῇ προνομῇ ψιλὴν ποικίλην καλὴν καὶ διακόσια δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου καὶ γλῶσσαν μίαν χρυσῆν πεντήκοντα διδράχμων καὶ ἐνθυμηθεὶσ αὐτῶν ἔλαβον, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὰ ἐγκέκρυπται ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ μου καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον κέκρυπται ὑποκάτω αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:21)
  • τί οὖν οὐχὶ καὶ σύ, ὦ Ἀθηνᾶ, τὴν κόρυν ἀφελοῦσα ψιλὴν τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπιδεικνύεισ, ἀλλ’ ἐπισείεισ τὸν λόφον καὶ τὸν δικαστὴν φοβεῖσ; (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 10:5)
  • ἡδέωσ μὲν οὖν Ἀπελλοῦ τινοσ ἢ Παρρασίου ἢ Αἐτίωνοσ ἢ καὶ Εὐφράνοροσ ἂν ἐδεήθην ἐπὶ τὴν γραφήν ἐπεὶ δὲ ἄπορον νῦν εὑρεῖν τινα οὕτωσ γενναῖον καὶ ἀκριβῆ τὴν τέχνην, ψιλὴν ὡσ οἱο͂̀ν τέ σοι ἐπιδείξω τὴν εἰκόνα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 42:2)
  • οὔκουν καταγέλαστοσ δῆτ’ ἔσει τὴν ἡμίκραιραν τὴν ἑτέραν ψιλὴν ἔχων; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 2:29)
  • ἄλλωσ τε οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην πλουτήσασ ἐπ̓ ὀλίγον ὑπηνέμιόν τινα πλοῦτον ἀνιᾶσθαι μετ̓ ὀλίγον ψιλὴν τὴν μᾶζαν ἐσθίων, οἱᾶ ὑμεῖσ πείσεσθε μετ̓ ὀλίγον, ἐπειδὰν ἡ εὐδαιμονία μὲν ὑμῖν καὶ ὁ πολὺσ πλοῦτοσ οἴχηται ἀποπτάμενοσ, αὐτοὶ δὲ καταβάντεσ ἀπὸ τῶν θησαυρῶν τε καὶ διαδημάτων ὥσπερ ἐξ ἡδίστου ὀνείρατοσ ἀνεγρόμενοι ἀνόμοια τὰ ἐπὶ τῆσ οἰκίασ εὑρίσκητε ὥσπερ οἱ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ ὑποκρινόμενοι τραγῳδοὶ ἐξελθόντεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεάτρου λιμώττοντεσ οἱ πολλοί, καὶ ταῦτα πρὸ ὀλίγου Ἀγαμέμνονεσ ὄντεσ ἢ Κρέοντεσ. (Lucian, 79:1)

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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