ψάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

With ψέλιον (psélion, “armlet worn by the Persians”) and ψαλόν (psalón, “kind of bridle”) an Iranian borrowing; synonymous to Classical Persian افسار (afsār, “curb chain, halter, headstall”), and note also افسر (afsar, “diadem”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψάλῐον • (psálion) n (genitive ψᾰλίου); second declension

  1. curb chain
  2. (in the plural) chain, bond

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψάλῐον; τοῦ ψαλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψάλῐον
tò psálion		 τὼ ψαλῐ́ω
tṑ psalíō		 τᾰ̀ ψάλῐᾰ
tà psália
Genitive τοῦ ψαλῐ́ου
toû psalíou		 τοῖν ψαλῐ́οιν
toîn psalíoin		 τῶν ψαλῐ́ων
tôn psalíōn
Dative τῷ ψαλῐ́ῳ
tôi psalíōi		 τοῖν ψαλῐ́οιν
toîn psalíoin		 τοῖς ψαλῐ́οις
toîs psalíois
Accusative τὸ ψάλῐον
tò psálion		 τὼ ψαλῐ́ω
tṑ psalíō		 τᾰ̀ ψάλῐᾰ
tà psália
Vocative ψάλῐον
psálion		 ψαλῐ́ω
psalíō		 ψάλῐᾰ
psália
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: ψάλιο (psálio)

Further reading
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