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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψαλτής (psaltḗs, “harp-player”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck; to play the harp”). See psallō.
Noun
psaltēs m (genitive psaltae); first declension
- minstrel (player on the cithara)
- psalmist
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
References
- “psaltes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- psaltes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- psaltes in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016