Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψήρ ‎(psḗr) Ionic

Noun

ψᾱ́ρ • ‎(psā́r) m ‎(genitive ψᾱρός); third declension

1. A starling, Sturnus vulgaris
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.755

     τῶν δ᾽ ὥς τε ψαρῶν νέφος ἔρχεται ἠὲ κολοιῶν οὖλον κεκλήγοντες...

     And as a cloud of starlings or daws flies, shrieking cries of doom...

Inflection

Derived terms

• ψαρός ‎(psarós)

See also

• ψάρων ‎(psárōn)

References

• ψάρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψάρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψάρ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ψάρ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ψάρ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963