# ψόφος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Like ψεῦδος (pseûdos) and ψύθος (psúthos), it may originally be onomatopoeic and somehow belong with the interjection ψό (psó). Alternatively, Petersson derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes-, like ψύχω (psúkhō, “to breathe, blow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /psó.pʰos/ → /ˈpso.ɸos/ → /ˈpso.fos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /psó.pʰos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpso.pʰos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈpso.ɸos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈpso.fos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈpso.fos/

### Noun

ψόφος • (psóphos) m (genitive ψόφου); second declension
* sounds or noises not produced by the human voice: clattering, rattling, knocking, crashing

#### Derived terms

* ἄψοφος (ápsophos)
* ψόφαξ (psóphax)
* ψοφέω (psophéō)
* ψόφημα (psóphēma)
* ψόφησις (psóphēsis)
* ψοφητικός (psophētikós)
* ψοφοδέεια (psophodéeia)
* ψοφοδεής (psophodeḗs)
* ψοφοειδής (psophoeidḗs)
* ψοφομήδης (psophomḗdēs)
* ψοφώδης (psophṓdēs)

#### Descendants

* Greek: ψόφος (psófos)

### References

* “ψόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ψόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ψόφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpso.fos/
* Hyphenation: ψό‧φος

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ψόφος (psóphos, “loud noise”), from Ancient Greek ψοφῶ (psophô, “to make loud noise”). The senses, since mediaeval times. Also see ψοφάω (psofáo).

#### Noun

ψόφος • (psófos) m (plural ψόφοι) (usually in the singular)
* (colloquial) death (especially for animals)
* (colloquial) freezing cold, chill
    Κάνει ψόφο έξω!Kánei psófo éxo!It's freezing cold outside!

##### Declension

Found in the singular. Spuriously in the plural.

##### Synonyms

* (death): θάνατος m (thánatos), θανατικό n (thanatikó)
* (freezing cold): ψοφόκρυο m (psofókryo), παγωνιά f (pagoniá)

##### Derived terms

* κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει (kakó skylí psófo den échei, “a creaking door hangs longest”) (literally, 'a bad dog doesn't have death')
* κακό ψόφο να 'χεις (kakó psófo na 'cheis, “may you perish badly!”)

##### Related terms

* see: ψοφάω (psofáo, “I die off”)

### Etymology 2

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ψόφος (psóphos), from ψό (psó, “pshaw! interjection of contempt and disgust”), of uncertain etymon.

#### Noun

ψόφος • (psófos) m (plural ψόφοι)
* (physiology, medicine or obsolete) noise
    μυϊκός ψόφος ― myïkós psófos ― muscular noise

##### Synonyms

Not related to medicine or physiology:
* θόρυβος m (thóryvos, “noise”)
* φασαρία f (fasaría, “noise”)

### References

* ↑ ψόφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
* ↑ ψόφος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.