ψαλίς

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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
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