ψιλογραφέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῑλός (psīlós, written with the single letters ⟨ε⟩ and ⟨υ⟩ ) +‎ γρᾰ́φος (gráphos, written character, letter) +‎ -έω (-éō, suffix forming verbs).

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Verb

ψῑλογρᾰφέω (psīlographéō) (Koine, Byzantine)

  1. (orthography) to write with a single vowel letter (not a digraph)
    • c. 1150, John Tzetzes, Chiliades, book 5, lines 696–97:
      Τὰ δ’ ἐκ τοῦ εας ἐν μιᾷ τῇ συλλαβῇ πρὸ τέλους,
      εἰς ἄλφα δὲ κλινόμενα πάντα μοι ψιλογράφει.
      Tà d’ ek toû eas en miâi têi sullabêi prò télous,
      eis álpha dè klinómena pánta moi psilográphei.
      The ending in εας with one syllable before the ending,
      all declining in alpha, write them for me with a single letter.

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