ψίμυθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ψημύθιον (psēmúthion), ψιμίθιον (psimíthion), ψιμμίθιον (psimmíthion)
Etymology
According to Beekes, the variations prove a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psǐː.my.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.my.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.my.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.my.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.mi.θos/
Noun
ψῑ́μῠθος • (psī́muthos) m (genitive ψῑμῠ́θου); second declension
- white lead, especially used as a pigment to whiten the skin
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ψῑ́μῠθος ho psī́muthos |
τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmúthō |
οἱ ψῑ́μῠθοι hoi psī́muthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψῑμῠ́θου toû psīmúthou |
τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmúthoin |
τῶν ψῑμῠ́θων tôn psīmúthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψῑμῠ́θῳ tôi psīmúthōi |
τοῖν ψῑμῠ́θοιν toîn psīmúthoin |
τοῖς ψῑμῠ́θοις toîs psīmúthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ψῑ́μῠθον tòn psī́muthon |
τὼ ψῑμῠ́θω tṑ psīmúthō |
τοὺς ψῑμῠ́θους toùs psīmúthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῑ́μῠθε psī́muthe |
ψῑμῠ́θω psīmúthō |
ψῑ́μῠθοι psī́muthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψῑμῠθοειδής (psīmuthoeidḗs)
- ψῑμῠθῐ́ζω (psīmuthízō)
- ψῑμῠ́θῐον (psīmúthion)
- ψῑμῠθῐοφᾰνής (psīmuthiophanḗs)
- ψῑμῠθῐόω (psīmuthióō)
- ψῑμῠθῐστής (psīmuthistḗs)
Further reading
- “ψίμυθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψίμυθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ψίμυθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1669
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