ψελλός
ψελλός,
ή,
όν,
A). faltering in speech, like a child; distd. fr.
τραυλός (lisping),
Arist. HA 492b32 ,
Pr. 902b22 ;
τὸ ψ. prob. in
Phld. Rh. 2.206S.;
ἡ ψελλὴ "οὐ πιττεύω" (i. e.
πιστεύω)
Suid., App.Prov. 3.17 .
II). Pass. of words,
inarticulate, obscure, unintelligible, A. Pr. 816 ;
ψελλόν ἐστι καὶ καλεῖ τὴν ἄρκτον ἄρτον Com.Adesp. 393 .
ShortDef
unable to pronounce certain letters
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Headword (normalized):
ψελλός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ψελλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-115416
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψελλός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">faltering in speech,</span> like a child; distd. fr. <span class="foreign greek">τραυλός</span> (lisping), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:492b:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:492b.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 492b32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:902b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:902b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 902b22 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ψ.</span> prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.206S.</span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ψελλὴ "οὐ πιττεύω"</span> (i. e. <span class="foreign greek">πιστεύω</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">App.Prov.</span> 3.17 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Pass. of words, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inarticulate, obscure, unintelligible,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:816" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:816/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 816 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ψελλόν ἐστι καὶ καλεῖ τὴν ἄρκτον ἄρτον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 393 </span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}