"ψαλτήριον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /psal.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/, /psalˈti.ri.on/, /psalˈti.ri.on/, /psal.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /psalˈte̝.ri.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /psalˈti.ri.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /psalˈti.ri.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /psalˈti.ri.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ψάλλω (psállō, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion), from ψάω (psáō, “to touch lightly, to rub”), which acquired the meaning of plucking a harp, and later making music in general. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ψάλλω|-τήριον|t1=to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch}} ψάλλω (psállō, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ψᾰλτηρῐ́ου|n|second|head=ψᾰλτήρῐον}} ψᾰλτήρῐον • (psaltḗrion) n (genitive ψᾰλτηρῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ψᾰλτήρῐον|ου}} Forms: ψᾰλτήρῐον [canonical], psaltḗrion [romanization], ψᾰλτηρῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ψᾰλτήρῐον [nominative, singular], τὼ ψᾰλτηρῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ψᾰλτήρῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ψᾰλτηρῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ψᾰλτηρῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ψᾰλτηρῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ ψᾰλτηρῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ψᾰλτηρῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ψᾰλτηρῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ ψᾰλτήρῐον [accusative, singular], τὼ ψᾰλτηρῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ψᾰλτήρῐᾰ [accusative, plural], ψᾰλτήρῐον [singular, vocative], ψᾰλτηρῐ́ω [dual, vocative], ψᾰλτήρῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. stringed instrument, harp

Inflected forms

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