ψιμύθιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ψῑμίθῐον (psīmíthion), ψιμμύθῐον (psimmúthion), ψιμμίθῐον (psimmíthion)
  • ψημυθῐον (psēmuthion) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψῑμύθῐον • (psīmúthion) n (genitive ψῑμῠθῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Diminutive of ψῑ́μυθος (psī́muthos): white lead (as a pigment to whiten the face or hair)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον; τοῦ ψῑμῠθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον
tò psīmúthion		 τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
tṑ psīmuthíō		 τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
tà psīmúthia
Genitive τοῦ ψῑμῠθῐ́ου
toû psīmuthíou		 τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν
toîn psīmuthíoin		 τῶν ψῑμῠθῐ́ων
tôn psīmuthíōn
Dative τῷ ψῑμῠθῐ́ῳ
tôi psīmuthíōi		 τοῖν ψῑμῠθῐ́οιν
toîn psīmuthíoin		 τοῖς ψῑμῠθῐ́οις
toîs psīmuthíois
Accusative τὸ ψῑμῠ́θῐον
tò psīmúthion		 τὼ ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
tṑ psīmuthíō		 τᾰ̀ ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
tà psīmúthia
Vocative ψῑμῠ́θῐον
psīmúthion		 ψῑμῠθῐ́ω
psīmuthíō		 ψῑμῠ́θῐᾰ
psīmúthia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ψῑμυθῐόω (psīmuthióō, verb)
  • ψῑμυθῐοφᾰνής (psīmuthiophanḗs)
  • ψῑμυθῐ́ζω (psīmuthízō)
  • ψῑμυθοειδής (psīmuthoeidḗs)

Descendants
  • Arabic: بِسِيمُوتِيُّون (bisīmūtiyyūn)

Further reading
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