From Proto-Indo-European *bʰosó. Cognates include Lithuanian basas, Old Armenian բոկ (bok), and Old English bær (English bare).
ψιλός m (psilós) feminine ψιλή, neuter ψιλό
ψιλός m, ψιλή f, ψιλόν n; first/second declension; (psilos)
- naked, bare
- bald, smooth
- unclad, uncovered
- (military) light (troops)
- unarmed
- (of words) without meter (i.e. prose)
- (poetry) without music (Epic vs Lyrical)
- (singing) without music (a capella)
- (music) without singing (instrumentals)
- (grammar) without the spiritus asper (i.e. with the spiritus lenis)
First and second declension of ψιλός, ψιλή, ψιλόν
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||
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Case Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||
Nominative | ψιλός | ψιλή | ψιλόν | ψιλώ | ψιλά | ψιλώ | ψιλοί | ψιλαί | ψιλά | ||
Genitive | ψιλοῦ | ψιλῆς | ψιλοῦ | ψιλοῖν | ψιλαῖν | ψιλοῖν | ψιλῶν | ψιλῶν | ψιλῶν | ||
Dative | ψιλῷ | ψιλῇ | ψιλῷ | ψιλοῖν | ψιλαῖν | ψιλοῖν | ψιλοῖς | ψιλαῖς | ψιλοῖς | ||
Accusative | ψιλόν | ψιλήν | ψιλόν | ψιλώ | ψιλά | ψιλώ | ψιλούς | ψιλάς | ψιλά | ||
Vocative | ψιλέ | ψιλή | ψιλόν | ψιλώ | ψιλά | ψιλώ | ψιλοί | ψιλαί | ψιλά |
ψιλός in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940