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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *spḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psǎːr/ → /psar/ → /psar/
Noun
ψᾱ́ρ • (psā́r) m (genitive ψᾱρός); third declension
- starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 17.755:
- τῶν δ’ ὥς τε ψαρῶν νέφος ἔρχεται ἠὲ κολοιῶν οὖλον κεκλήγοντες...
- tôn d’ hṓs te psarôn néphos érkhetai ēè koloiôn oûlon keklḗgontes...
- And as a cloud of starlings or daws flies, shrieking cries of doom...
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References
- “ψάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ψάρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ψάρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ψάρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963