ψιλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ψῑλός • (psīlós) m (feminine ψῑλή, neuter ψῑλόν); first/second declension

1. naked, bare
2. bald, smooth
3. unclad, uncovered
4. small, frail, delicate
5. simple, plain
6. (military) light (troops)
7. unarmed
8. (of words) without meter (i.e. prose)
9. (poetry) without music (epic vs lyrical)
10. (music) without singing (instrumentals)
11. (singing) without accompaniment (a cappella)
12. (phonology) without the rough breathing (i.e. with the smooth breathing)
13. (phonology) describing the unaspirated voiceless stops, π (p), τ (t), κ (k), as opposed to the aspirated voiceless stops, φ (ph), χ (kh), θ (th)
14. (orthography, of the sounds /e/ and /y/) written with the single letters ⟨ε⟩ and ⟨υ⟩ rather than the digraphs ⟨αι⟩ and ⟨οι⟩

Declension

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “hairless, without rough breathing, unaspirated”): δασύς (dasús)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “ψῑλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψιλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ψιλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ψιλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ψιλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bald idem, page 60.
  • bare idem, page 62.
  • barren idem, page 63.
  • blank idem, page 81.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • defenceless idem, page 204.
  • denude idem, page 211.
  • divest idem, page 243.
  • hairless idem, page 381.
  • leafless idem, page 482.
  • light-armed idem, page 490.
  • mere idem, page 525.
  • naked idem, page 550.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • pure idem, page 658.
  • treeless idem, page 893.
  • unaccompanied idem, page 906.
  • unarmed idem, page 907.
  • unsubstantiated idem, page 933.
  • unsupported idem, page 933.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψιλός (psilós, “naked”).

Adjective

ψιλός • (psilós) m (feminine ψιλή, neuter ψιλό)

1. thin, fine, delicate

Declension

Derived terms

• ψιλικά f (psiliká, “haberdashery”)

See also

compare with: ψηλός (psilós, “tall”)