ψαλμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psal.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension

twitching or twanging with the fingers
sound of the cithara or harp
(music) song sung to the harp, psalm

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψαλμός; τοῦ ψαλμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψαλμός ho psalmós	τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ	οἱ ψαλμοί hoi psalmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ψαλμοῦ toû psalmoû	τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn	τῶν ψαλμῶν tôn psalmôn
Dative	τῷ ψαλμῷ tôi psalmôi	τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn	τοῖς ψαλμοῖς toîs psalmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ψαλμόν tòn psalmón	τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ	τοὺς ψαλμούς toùs psalmoús
Vocative	ψαλμέ psalmé	ψαλμώ psalmṓ	ψαλμοί psalmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)

Descendants

Latin: psalmus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: սաղմոս (sałmos)
- → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕌𐕒𐕚 (salmos)

Further reading

“ψαλμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ψαλμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós), from ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
Hyphenation: ψαλ‧μός

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)

(music, religion) psalm

Declension

declension of ψαλμός

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	ψαλμός •	ψαλμοί •
genitive	ψαλμού •	ψαλμών •
accusative	ψαλμό •	ψαλμούς •
vocative	ψαλμέ •	ψαλμοί •

Related terms

εξάψαλμος m (exápsalmos, “sequence of six psalms”)
ψαλτήριο n (psaltírio, “psalter”)
ψαλμωδία f (psalmodía)
and see: ψάλλω (psállo, “I chant”)

Further reading

ψαλμός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
ψαλμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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