ψάρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *spḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψᾱ́ρ • (psā́r) m (genitive ψᾱρός); third declension

  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.755:
      τῶν δ’ ὥς τε ψαρῶν νέφος ἔρχεται ἠὲ κολοιῶν οὖλον κεκλήγοντες...
      tôn d’ hṓs te psarôn néphos érkhetai ēè koloiôn oûlon keklḗgontes...
      And as a cloud of starlings or daws flies, shrieking cries of doom...

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ψᾱ́ρ; τοῦ ψᾱρός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ψᾱ́ρ
ho psā́r		 τὼ ψᾶρε
tṑ psâre		 οἱ ψᾶρες
hoi psâres
Genitive τοῦ ψᾱρός
toû psārós		 τοῖν ψᾱροῖν
toîn psāroîn		 τῶν ψᾱρῶν
tôn psārôn
Dative τῷ ψᾱρῐ́
tôi psārí		 τοῖν ψᾱροῖν
toîn psāroîn		 τοῖς ψᾱρσῐ́ / ψᾱρσῐ́ν
toîs psārsí(n)
Accusative τὸν ψᾶρᾰ
tòn psâra		 τὼ ψᾶρε
tṑ psâre		 τοὺς ψᾶρᾰς
toùs psâras
Vocative ψᾱ́ρ
psā́r		 ψᾶρε
psâre		 ψᾶρες
psâres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

See also
  • ψάρων (psárōn)

References
  • “ψάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ψάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ψάρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ψάρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ψάρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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