ψωλή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, related to the same root as ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “with the foreskin drawn back; circumcised”), ψώρα (psṓra, “mange”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). According to Beekes, inherited explanations must be given up; the group of words is probably Pre-Greek, especially given the coexistence of ψαίω (psaíō), ψαύω (psaúō) and ψίω (psíō); perhaps loaned from another Indo-European language and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɔː.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psoˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psoˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psoˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psoˈli/
Noun
ψωλή • (psōlḗ) f (genitive ψωλῆς); first declension
- penis with the foreskin drawn back (cf. Latin verpa)
- circumcised penis
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψωλή hē psōlḗ |
τὼ ψωλᾱ́ tṑ psōlā́ |
αἱ ψωλαί hai psōlaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψωλῆς tês psōlês |
τοῖν ψωλαῖν toîn psōlaîn |
τῶν ψωλῶν tôn psōlôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψωλῇ têi psōlêi |
τοῖν ψωλαῖν toîn psōlaîn |
ταῖς ψωλαῖς taîs psōlaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψωλήν tḕn psōlḗn |
τὼ ψωλᾱ́ tṑ psōlā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ψωλᾱ́ς tā̀s psōlā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψωλή psōlḗ |
ψωλᾱ́ psōlā́ |
ψωλαί psōlaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ψωλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψωλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψωλή (psōlḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psoˈli/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzoˈli/
- Hyphenation: ψω‧λή
Noun
ψωλή • (psolí) f (plural ψωλές)
Declension
Synonyms
- (dick, cock): πέος n (péos) (polite term), ανδρικό μόριο n (andrikó mório, “male member”) (euphemistic), τσουτσούνι n (tsoutsoúni) (colloquial, childish), πουλί n (poulí) (colloquial, childish), πούτσος m (poútsos) (colloquial, vulgar), καυλί n (kavlí) (colloquial, vulgar), μαλαπέρδα f (malapérda) (colloquial, vulgar)
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