ψιλή (psile)

ψιλή is an Ancient Greek form of ψιλός, meaning “bare, unarmed”. It is the nominative singular feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of ψιλεύς, “light-armed soldier”. It is the dative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94.4: τὸ γὰρ ἔθνος μέγα μὲν εἶναι τὸ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν καὶ μάχιμον, οἰκοῦν δὲ κατὰ κώμας ἀτειχίστους, καὶ ταύτας διὰ πολλοῦ, καὶ σκευῇ ψιλῇ χρώμενον οὐ χαλεπὸν ἀπέφαινον, πρὶν ξυμβοηθῆσαι, καταστραφῆναι.

Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.5: … ν τούτοις τοῖς σταθμοῖς πολλὰ τῶν ὑποζυγίων ἀπώλετο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ· οὐ γὰρ ἦν χόρτος οὐδὲ ἄλλο οὐδὲν δένδρον, ἀλλὰ ψιλὴ ἦν ἅπασα ἡ χώρα· οἱ δὲ ἐνοικοῦντες ὄνους ἀλέτας παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν ὀρύττοντες καὶ ποιοῦντες εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἦγον κ …

Lucian of Samosata, Fugitivi 14: … οῦ δεσπότου, κἂν εἰ βούλοιτο ἀπάγειν, παταχθησομένου τῷ ξύλῳ. καὶ τὰ ἄλφιτα οὐκέτʼ ὀλίγα οὐδὲ ὡς πρὸ τοῦ μᾶζα ψιλή, τὸ δὲ ὄψον οὐ τάριχος ἢ θύμον, ἀλλὰ κρέα παντοδαπὰ καὶ οἶνος οἷος ἥδιστος, καὶ χρυσίον παρʼ ὅτου ἂν ἐθέλωσι· …

All forms of ψιλός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.