ψύλλος

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psýl.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.los/

Noun

ψύλλος • (psúllos) m (genitive ψύλλου); second declension

Synonym of ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ψῠ́λλος; τοῦ ψῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψῠ́λλος ho psúllos	τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psúllō	οἱ ψῠ́λλοι hoi psúlloi
Genitive	τοῦ ψῠ́λλου toû psúllou	τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psúlloin	τῶν ψῠ́λλων tôn psúllōn
Dative	τῷ ψῠ́λλῳ tôi psúllōi	τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psúlloin	τοῖς ψῠ́λλοις toîs psúllois
Accusative	τὸν ψῠ́λλον tòn psúllon	τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psúllō	τοὺς ψῠ́λλους toùs psúllous
Vocative	ψῠ́λλε psúlle	ψῠ́λλω psúllō	ψῠ́λλοι psúlloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψύλλος (psúllos), masculine form of feminine ψύλλα (psúlla).

Cognate with Mariupol Greek пси́лу (psílu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.los/ compare to ψηλός (psilós), ψιλός (psilós)
Hyphenation: ψύλ‧λος

Noun

ψύλλος • (psýllos) m (plural ψύλλοι)

flea (parasitic insect)

Declension

Declension of ψύλλος

	singular	plural
nominative	ψύλλος •	ψύλλοι •
genitive	ψύλλου •	ψύλλων •
accusative	ψύλλο •	ψύλλους •
vocative	ψύλλε •	ψύλλοι •

Derived terms

για ψύλλου πήδημα (gia psýllou pídima)
γυρεύω ψύλλους στα άχυρα (gyrévo psýllous sta áchyra)
καλιγώνω τον ψύλλο (kaligóno ton psýllo)
μου μπαίνουν ψύλλοι στα αφτιά (mou baínoun psýlloi sta aftiá)
ούτε ψύλλος στον κόρφο μου (oúte psýllos ston kórfo mou)
ψύλλοι στ' άχυρα (psýlloi st' áchyra)

Related terms

ψυλλιάζω (psylliázo)

Further reading

ψύλλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ψύλλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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