ψάλτιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psál.tiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.tiŋks/
Noun
ψᾰ́λτῐγξ • (psáltinx) f (genitive ψᾰ́λτῐγγος); third declension
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: κιθάρα (kithára, “lyre”).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ψᾰ́λτῐγξ hē psáltinx |
τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge |
αἱ ψᾰ́λτῐγγες hai psáltinges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ψᾰ́λτῐγγος tês psáltingos |
τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin |
τῶν ψᾰλτῐ́γγων tôn psaltíngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ψᾰ́λτῐγγῐ têi psáltingi |
τοῖν ψᾰλτῐ́γγοιν toîn psaltíngoin |
ταῖς ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐ / ψᾰ́λτῐγξῐν taîs psáltinxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰ tḕn psáltinga |
τὼ ψᾰ́λτῐγγε tṑ psáltinge |
τᾱ̀ς ψᾰ́λτῐγγᾰς tā̀s psáltingas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψᾰ́λτῐγξ psáltinx |
ψᾰ́λτῐγγε psáltinge |
ψᾰ́λτῐγγες psáltinges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψάλτιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ
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