ψάλμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψᾰ́λλω (psắllō, “to pluck, twitch”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psál.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
Noun
ψᾰ́λμᾰ • (psắlmă) n (genitive ψᾰ́λμᾰτος); third declension
- (music) tune played on a stringed instrument
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psắlmă |
τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psắlmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ psắlmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû psắlmătos |
τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psălmắtoin |
τῶν ψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn psălmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tōî psắlmătĭ |
τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psălmắtoin |
τοῖς ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs psắlmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psắlmă |
τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psắlmăte |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ psắlmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψᾰ́λμᾰ psắlmă |
ψᾰ́λμᾰτε psắlmăte |
ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ psắlmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψάλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette