Ψάλτης
harper, harpist
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Sep 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[*ya/lths ] and yalth/s :1 [Nouns] ending in -ths , having the penultimate [syllable] ending with an uninflected [form], not admitting -s in the genitive, have grave accent [on the last syllable], unless they are participles. Such [are] u(fa/nths ["weaver"], a)gu/rths ["collector"], *eu)fra/ths ["Euphrates"]. But e(konth/s ["volunteer"] and e)qelonth/s ["volunteer"] [are] participles.2 Among Attic speakers [the following nouns] have acute accent on the last syllable: kaqarth/s ["cleanser"], a)munth/s ["defender"] (referring to a helper), faidrunth/s ["washer"], poikilth/s ["embroiderer"], yalth/s ["harper"], prau+nth/s ["appeaser"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψάλτης καὶ ψαλτής· τὰ εἰς της λήγοντα, ἔχοντα τὴν παραλήγουσαν εἰς ἀμετάβολον λήγουσαν, ἀπρόσληπτα ὄντα τοῦ ς κατὰ τὴν γενικήν, βαρύνεται, εἰ μὴ εἴη μετοχικά· οἷον ὑφάντης, ἀγύρτης, Εὐφράτης· τὸ δὲ ἑκοντὴς καὶ ἐθελοντὴς μετοχικά. παρὰ δὲ Ἀττικοῖς ὀξύνονται καθαρτής, ἀμυντής, ἐπὶ τοῦ βοηθοῦ, φαιδρυντής, ποικιλτής, ψαλτής, πραϋντής.
Betacode
*ya/lths kai\ yalth/s: ta\ ei)s ths lh/gonta, e)/xonta th\n paralh/gousan ei)s a)meta/bolon lh/gousan, a)pro/slhpta o)/nta tou= s kata\ th\n genikh/n, baru/netai, ei) mh\ ei)/h metoxika/: oi(=on u(fa/nths, a)gu/rths, *eu)fra/ths: to\ de\ e(konth\s kai\ e)qelonth\s metoxika/. para\ de\ *)attikoi=s o)cu/nontai kaqarth/s, a)munth/s, e)pi\ tou= bohqou=, faidrunth/s, poikilth/s, yalth/s, prau+nth/s.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally psi 13, psi 15, psi 17.
- 1The issue is how this noun should be accented. Cf. Philoponus on words that have different accent according to their meaning; Etymologicum Magnum 435.49 and 435.57. ↩
- 2We would not call these nouns participles, but they are related to
e(kw/n ande)qe/lwn , of which the former looks like a participle and the latter definitely is one. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jul 2023
- coding — Catharine Roth
- betacode typo — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another headword; x-refs — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth