ψοῖθος

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See also: ψοιθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψόθος (psóthos, “uncleanness, foulness”) and ψόλος (psólos, “soot”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psôi̯.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.θos/

Noun

ψοῖθος • (psoîthos)

Hesychius gives the definition as: σποδός (spodós, “wood-ashes, embers”).

Derived terms

ψοιθός (psoithós)

Further reading

“ψοῖθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ

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