ψύλλος
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psýl.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsyl.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.los/
Noun
ψύλλος • (psúllos) m (genitive ψύλλου); second declension
- Synonym of ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ψῠ́λλος ho psŭ́llos |
τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psŭ́llō |
οἱ ψῠ́λλοι hoi psŭ́lloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψῠ́λλου toû psŭ́llou |
τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psŭ́lloin |
τῶν ψῠ́λλων tôn psŭ́llōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψῠ́λλῳ tôi psŭ́llōi |
τοῖν ψῠ́λλοιν toîn psŭ́lloin |
τοῖς ψῠ́λλοις toîs psŭ́llois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ψῠ́λλον tòn psŭ́llon |
τὼ ψῠ́λλω tṑ psŭ́llō |
τοὺς ψῠ́λλους toùs psŭ́llous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῠ́λλε psŭ́lle |
ψῠ́λλω psŭ́llō |
ψῠ́λλοι psŭ́lloi | ||||||||||
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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψύλλος (psúllos), masculine form of feminine ψύλλα (psúlla).
Cognate with Mariupol Greek пси́лу (psílu).
Pronunciation
Noun
ψύλλος • (psýllos) m (plural ψύλλοι)
- flea (parasitic insect)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψύλλος (psýllos) | ψύλλοι (psýlloi) |
| genitive | ψύλλου (psýllou) | ψύλλων (psýllon) |
| accusative | ψύλλο (psýllo) | ψύλλους (psýllous) |
| vocative | ψύλλε (psýlle) | ψύλλοι (psýlloi) |
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
