# ψώρα
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ψώρη (psṓrē) — Ionic

### Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy, mangy”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). The word has also been compared to Lithuanian sóra (“millet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /psɔ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈpso.ra/ → /ˈpso.ra/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /psɔ̌ː.raː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpso.ra/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈpso.ra/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈpso.ra/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈpso.ra/

### Noun

ψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension
* itch, mange, scurvy (of men and beasts)
* (botany) disease of trees, scab
* kind of moth

#### Derived terms

* ψωραγριάω (psōragriáō)
* ψωραλέος (psōraléos)
* ψωρανθεμίς (psōranthemís)
* ψωράριος (psōrários)
* ψωρίᾱσις (psōríāsis)
* ψωριάω (psōriáō)
* ψωρικός (psōrikós)
* ψωρίτης (psōrítēs)
* ψωροφθαλμίᾱ (psōrophthalmíā)
* ψωρώδης (psōrṓdēs)
* ψώρωσις (psṓrōsis)

#### Descendants

* > Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
* > Pontic Greek: ψώρα (psóra) (inherited)
** → Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)
* → Latin: psōra
** → English: psora (learned)
** → French: psora, psore (learned)

### References

* “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ψώρα 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
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpso.ɾa/
* with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA: /tim‿bzo.ɾa/
* Hyphenation: ψώ‧ρα

### Noun

ψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular
* (pathology) scabies, mange

#### Declension

Usually in the singular.

#### Related terms

* αν ήταν η ζήλια ψώρα’, θα γέμιζ’ όλ’ η χώρα ― an ítan i zília psóra’, tha gémiz’ ól’ i chóra ― literally:' if jealousy were scabies, the land would be full of it.
* αψώριαστος (apsóriastos, “not mangy, not scabby”)
* ψωραλέος (psoraléos)
* ψώρας m (psóras, “picky, fussy”)
* ψωριάζω (psoriázo)
* ψωριάρης (psoriáris)
* ψωριάρικος (psoriárikos)
* ψωρίαση f (psoríasi)
* ψώριασμα n (psóriasma)
* ψωριασμένος (psoriasménos, participle)
* ψωρίλος m (psorílos), ψωρίλας m (psorílas)
and ψωρο- (psoro-, derogatory prefix) for colloquial compounds like
* ψωροπερήφανος (psoroperífanos)
* Ψωροκώσταινα f (Psorokóstaina)

## Pontic Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

### Noun

ψώρα (psóra) f
* scabies, mange

#### Descendants

* → Laz: მსორა (msora), მწორა (mǯora) — Artasheni, მსურა (msura), მსუა (msua) — Arkabi, სორა (sora)

### References

* Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “ψώρα”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 553b

### Further reading

* ψώρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$