"ψακάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ψακάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /psa.kás/, /psaˈkas/, /psaˈkas/, /psa.kás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /psaˈkas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /psaˈkas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /psaˈkas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /psaˈkas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The formation is similar to ἰκμάς (ikmás), λιβάς (libás) and ψιάς (psiás). According to Beekes, in view of the suffix "-αδ-" it is probably Pre-Greek. The connection with Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”) may be correct, in which case both words go back to a substrate language. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|lt|spākas||drop, point}} Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ψᾰκάς|ψᾰκάδος|f|third}} ψᾰκάς • (psăkás) f (genitive ψᾰκάδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ψᾰκᾰ́ς|ψᾰκᾰ́δος}} Forms: ψᾰκάς [canonical], psăkás [romanization], ψᾰκάδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ψᾰκᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ ψᾰκᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς ψᾰκᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ ψᾰκᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ψᾰκᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], ψᾰκᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs psăkắsĭ [dative, plural], taîs psăkắsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], ψᾰκᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], ψᾰκᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], ψᾰκᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. raindrop; particle
    Sense id: en-ψακάς-grc-noun-WALTYMQa
  2. drizzle, heavy rain, shower Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena
    Sense id: en-ψακάς-grc-noun-ZIzlBqDg Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 4 90 6 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 30 48 22
  3. sputterer
    Sense id: en-ψακάς-grc-noun-eFwkTK-- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 26 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 12 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ψεκάς (psekás) [Ionic] Derived forms: ψακάδιον (psakádion), ψακάδισσα (psakádissa), ψακαδισχίοις (psakadiskhíois), ψακάζω (psakázō), ψάκαλον (psákalon), ψακαστός (psakastós)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psakádion",
      "word": "ψακάδιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psakádissa",
      "word": "ψακάδισσα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psakadiskhíois",
      "word": "ψακαδισχίοις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psakázō",
      "word": "ψακάζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psákalon",
      "word": "ψάκαλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psakastós",
      "word": "ψακαστός"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spākas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "drop, point"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The formation is similar to ἰκμάς (ikmás), λιβάς (libás) and ψιάς (psiás). According to Beekes, in view of the suffix \"-αδ-\" it is probably Pre-Greek. The connection with Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”) may be correct, in which case both words go back to a substrate language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκάς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psăkás",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκάδος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
      "roman": "hē psăkắs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ψᾰκᾰ́δες",
      "roman": "hai psăkắdes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ψᾰκᾰ́δος",
      "roman": "tês psăkắdos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn psăkắdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "tôn psăkắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ψᾰκᾰ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi psăkắdĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn psăkắdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ψᾰκᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs psăkắsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs psăkắsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn psăkắdă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s psăkắdăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
      "roman": "psăkắs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́δες",
      "roman": "psăkắdes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ψᾰκάς",
        "2": "ψᾰκάδος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ψᾰκάς • (psăkás) f (genitive ψᾰκάδος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
        "2": "ψᾰκᾰ́δος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "raindrop; particle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ψακάς-grc-noun-WALTYMQa",
      "links": [
        [
          "raindrop",
          "raindrop"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 48 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 90 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "grc:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [
            "Atmosphere",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drizzle, heavy rain, shower"
      ],
      "id": "en-ψακάς-grc-noun-ZIzlBqDg",
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzle",
          "drizzle"
        ],
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ],
        [
          "shower",
          "shower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 26 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 12 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sputterer"
      ],
      "id": "en-ψακάς-grc-noun-eFwkTK--",
      "links": [
        [
          "sputterer",
          "sputterer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/psa.kás/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psa.kás/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "psekás",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ψεκάς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ψακάς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Atmospheric phenomena"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "psakádion",
      "word": "ψακάδιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "psakádissa",
      "word": "ψακάδισσα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "psakadiskhíois",
      "word": "ψακαδισχίοις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "psakázō",
      "word": "ψακάζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "psákalon",
      "word": "ψάκαλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "psakastós",
      "word": "ψακαστός"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spākas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "drop, point"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The formation is similar to ἰκμάς (ikmás), λιβάς (libás) and ψιάς (psiás). According to Beekes, in view of the suffix \"-αδ-\" it is probably Pre-Greek. The connection with Lithuanian spākas (“drop, point”) may be correct, in which case both words go back to a substrate language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκάς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psăkás",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκάδος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
      "roman": "hē psăkắs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ψᾰκᾰ́δες",
      "roman": "hai psăkắdes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ψᾰκᾰ́δος",
      "roman": "tês psăkắdos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn psăkắdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ψᾰκᾰ́δων",
      "roman": "tôn psăkắdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ψᾰκᾰ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi psăkắdĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ψᾰκᾰ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn psăkắdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ψᾰκᾰ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs psăkắsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs psăkắsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn psăkắdă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ψᾰκᾰ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s psăkắdăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
      "roman": "psăkắs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́δε",
      "roman": "psăkắde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ψᾰκᾰ́δες",
      "roman": "psăkắdes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ψᾰκάς",
        "2": "ψᾰκάδος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ψᾰκάς • (psăkás) f (genitive ψᾰκάδος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ψᾰκᾰ́ς",
        "2": "ψᾰκᾰ́δος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "raindrop; particle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raindrop",
          "raindrop"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drizzle, heavy rain, shower"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drizzle",
          "drizzle"
        ],
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ],
        [
          "shower",
          "shower"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sputterer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sputterer",
          "sputterer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/psa.kás/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psa.kás/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/psaˈkas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "psekás",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ψεκάς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ψακάς"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.