ψαινύθιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from ψαίω (psaíō, “to grind, to triturate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psɛˈny.θi.os/ → /pseˈni.θi.os/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psɛˈny.tʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psɛˈny.θi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pseˈny.θi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pseˈni.θi.os/

Adjective

ψαινύθιος • (psainúthios) m or f (neuter ψαινύθιον); second declension

1. false; vain

Declension

Second declension of ψαινύθιος; ψαινύθιον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ψαινύθιος psainúthios	ψαινύθιον psainúthion		ψαινυθίω psainuthíō	ψαινυθίω psainuthíō		ψαινύθιοι psainúthioi	ψαινύθιᾰ psainúthia
Genitive		ψαινυθίου psainuthíou	ψαινυθίου psainuthíou		ψαινυθίοιν psainuthíoin	ψαινυθίοιν psainuthíoin		ψαινυθίων psainuthíōn	ψαινυθίων psainuthíōn
Dative		ψαινυθίῳ psainuthíōi	ψαινυθίῳ psainuthíōi		ψαινυθίοιν psainuthíoin	ψαινυθίοιν psainuthíoin		ψαινυθίοις psainuthíois	ψαινυθίοις psainuthíois
Accusative		ψαινύθιον psainúthion	ψαινύθιον psainúthion		ψαινυθίω psainuthíō	ψαινυθίω psainuthíō		ψαινυθίους psainuthíous	ψαινύθιᾰ psainúthia
Vocative		ψαινύθιε psainúthie	ψαινύθιον psainúthion		ψαινυθίω psainuthíō	ψαινυθίω psainuthíō		ψαινύθιοι psainúthioi	ψαινύθιᾰ psainúthia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ψαινυθίως psainuthíōs			ψαινυθιότερος psainuthióteros			ψαινυθιότᾰτος psainuthiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ψαίνυνθα (psaínuntha)
• ψαινύντες (psainúntes)
• ψαίνυον (psaínuon)

References

• “ψαινύθιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN