ψάλλω
ψάλλω, fut.
A). ψᾰλῶ LXX Jd. 5.3 ,
1 Ep.Cor. 14.15 : aor.
ἔψηλα Pl. Ly. 209b , etc., and in
LXX ἔψᾱλα Ps. 9.12 , al.:—
pluck, pull, twitch, ψ. ἔθειραν pluck the hair,
A. Pers. 1062 : esp. of the bow-string,
τόξων χερὶ ψάλλουσι νευράς twang them,
E. Ba. 784 ;
κενὸν κρότον Lyc. 1453 ;
ἐκ κέραος ψ. βέλος send a shaft
twanging from the bow,
APl. 4.211 (Stat. Flacc.); so
μιλτοχαρὴς σχοῖνος ψαλλομένη a carpenter's red line, which
is twitched and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark,
AP 6.103 (
Phil.): metaph.,
γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ψόγος ψάλλει, κενὸν τόξευμα E. Fr. 499 .
II). mostly of the strings of musical instruments,
play a stringed instrument
with the fingers, and not with the plectron,
ψῆλαι καὶ κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρῳ Pl. l. c., et ibi Sch.;
ἐάν τις ψήλας τὴν νήτην ἐπιλάβῃ Arist. Pr. 919b15 ;
μουσικώτατος ὢν χατὰ χεῖρα δίχα πλήκτρου ἔψαλλε Ath. 4.183d ; opp.
κιθαρίζω, Hdt. 1.155 ,
SIG 578.18 (Teos, ii B. C.);
πρὶν μέν σ’ ἑπτάτονον ψάλλον (sc.
τὴν λύραν) Ion Eleg.
3.3 : abs.,
Hdt. l. c.,
Ar. Eq. 522 , Hippias (?) in
PHib. 1.13.24 ;
κόραις Men. Epit. 260 ;
ψάλλειν [οὐκ ἔνι] ἄνευ λύρας Luc. Par. 17 :—Prov.,
ῥᾷον ἤ τις ἂν χορδὴν ψήλειε 'as easy as falling off a log',
Aristid. Or. 26(14).31 .
3). Pass., of the instrument,
to be struck or
played, ψαλλομένη χορδή Arist. Pr. 919b2 ; also of persons,
to be played to on the harp, Macho ap.
Ath. 8.348f .
ShortDef
to touch sharply, to pluck, pull, twitch
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψάλλω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ψᾰλῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:5:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:5.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jd.</span> 5.3 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 14.15 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔψηλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:209b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:209b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 209b </a> , etc., and in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> <span class="quote greek">ἔψᾱλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:9:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:9.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 9.12 </a> , al.:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pluck, pull, twitch,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ψ. ἔθειραν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pluck</span> the hair, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1062" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1062/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1062 </a>: esp. of the bow-string, <span class="foreign greek">τόξων χερὶ ψάλλουσι νευράς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twang</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:784" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:784/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 784 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κενὸν κρότον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 1453 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ κέραος ψ. βέλος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">send</span> a shaft <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twanging</span> from the bow, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 4.211 </span> (Stat. Flacc.); so <span class="foreign greek">μιλτοχαρὴς σχοῖνος ψαλλομένη</span> a carpenter\'s red line, which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is twitched</span> and then suddenly let go, so as to leave a mark, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.103 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>): metaph., <span class="quote greek">γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ψόγος ψάλλει, κενὸν τόξευμα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 499 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> mostly of the strings of musical instruments, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">play</span> a stringed instrument <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with the fingers,</span> and not with the plectron, <span class="quote greek">ψῆλαι καὶ κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρῳ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> l. c., et ibi Sch.; <span class="quote greek">ἐάν τις ψήλας τὴν νήτην ἐπιλάβῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 919b15 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μουσικώτατος ὢν χατὰ χεῖρα δίχα πλήκτρου ἔψαλλε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:183d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.183d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 4.183d </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">κιθαρίζω,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.155 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 578.18 </span> (Teos, ii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">πρὶν μέν σ’ ἑπτάτονον ψάλλον</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τὴν λύραν</span>) Ion Eleg.<span class="bibl"> 3.3 </span>: abs., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> l. c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:522" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:522/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 522 </a>, Hippias (?) in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.13.24 </span>; <span class="quote greek">κόραις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:260/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 260 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψάλλειν [οὐκ ἔνι] ἄνευ λύρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg030:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg030:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Par.</span> 17 </a> :—Prov., <span class="foreign greek">ῥᾷον ἤ τις ἂν χορδὴν ψήλειε</span> \'as easy as falling off a log\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26(14).31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0284.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26(14).31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 26(14).31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sing to a harp,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:7:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:7.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 7.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:9:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:9.12/canonical-url/"> 9.12 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">τῇ καρδίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:5:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:5.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Eph.</span> 5.19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ πνεύματι</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> l. c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> Pass., of the instrument, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be struck</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">played,</span> <span class="quote greek">ψαλλομένη χορδή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:919b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 919b2 </a> ; also of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be played to on the harp,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Macho</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:348f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.348f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 8.348f </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}