1. ψάλλω · psallō — Beekes
to sing to a harp, chant praises
The corpus record
ψάλλω
psallo
to sing to a harp, chant praises
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Psalmi 45 · 13.16/10k
- James 1 · 5.85/10k
- Psalmi Salomonis 2 · 4.2/10k
- Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
- 1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
- Regnorum I 5 · 2.7/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Regnorum IV 3 · 1.73/10k
- Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
- Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ψάλλω · psallō — Chantraine
arc ou d
3. ψάλλω · psallō — Frisk
Aor
4. ψάλλω · psallō — LSJ
pluck, pull, twitch
Attestations
- ψάλλοιτο · psalloito Plato, Phaedo 94 (DIORISIS sentence 796)
- ψάλλειν · psallein Herodotus, Histories 1.155.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1106)
- ψάλλʼ · psallʼ Aeschylus, Persians 1062
- ψάλλουσι · psallousi Euripides, Bacchae 781–784
- ψῆλαι · psēlai Plato, Lysis 209
- ψαλῶ · psalō New Testament, Romans 15.9 (DIORISIS sentence 441)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1710-1711; entry #6635 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1304-1305; entry #8860 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2101; entry #6168 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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