ψαλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain but perhaps related to ψάλιον (psálion, “curb chain”) and ψέλιον (psélion, “armlet”). Maybe from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψᾰλίς • (psalís) f (genitive ψᾰλίδος); third declension

  1. scissors, shears
  2. sewer, drain
  3. (architecture) vault, crypt, barrel vault
  4. rounded moulding between the capital and the column
  5. (in the plural) rings for the staves of the altar of incense

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ψᾰλῐ́ς; τῆς ψᾰλῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ψᾰλῐ́ς
hē psalís		 τὼ ψᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ psalíde		 αἱ ψᾰλῐ́δες
hai psalídes
Genitive τῆς ψᾰλῐ́δος
tês psalídos		 τοῖν ψᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn psalídoin		 τῶν ψᾰλῐ́δων
tôn psalídōn
Dative τῇ ψᾰλῐ́δῐ
têi psalídi		 τοῖν ψᾰλῐ́δοιν
toîn psalídoin		 ταῖς ψᾰλῐ́σῐ / ψᾰλῐ́σῐν
taîs psalísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ψᾰλῐ́δᾰ
tḕn psalída		 τὼ ψᾰλῐ́δε
tṑ psalíde		 τᾱ̀ς ψᾰλῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s psalídas
Vocative ψᾰλῐ́ς
psalís		 ψᾰλῐ́δε
psalíde		 ψᾰλῐ́δες
psalídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • ψαλίδιον (psalídion)
  • ψαλιδοειδής (psalidoeidḗs)
  • ψαλιδόστομος (psalidóstomos)
  • ψαλιδόω (psalidóō)
  • ψαλίδωμα (psalídōma)
  • ψαλιδωτός (psalidōtós)
  • ψαλίζω (psalízō)
  • ψαλισμός (psalismós)
  • ψαλιστέον (psalistéon)
  • ψαλιστός (psalistós)

Descendants
  • Greek: ψαλίδι (psalídi) (through Koine and diminutive ψαλίδιον)

Further reading
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