ψέφας
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
English (LSJ)
ᾰος, τό, gloom, darkness, Pi.Fr.324.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1396] τό, wie ψέφος, Dunkelheit, Hesych.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ψέφας: αος τό тьма Pind.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ψέφας: -αος, τό, ὡς τὸ ψέφος, κνέφας, σκότος, ζόφος, Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
-αος, και ψέφος, -ους, τὸ, Α
ο ζόφος, το σκοτάδι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Πρόκειται για αρχαϊκού τύπου ουδ., που ανάγεται σε αρχικό τ. ψέφαρ, όπως υποδηλώνει το παράγωγο ψεφαρός (πρβλ. γέρας). Κατά μία άποψη, το ουδ. ψέφας, όπως και τα συνώνυμα κνέφας, δνόφος / γνόφος, ζόφος, ανάγονται σε ΙΕ ρίζα kwsep- «σκοτεινός» και συνδέονται με το αρχ. ινδ. ksap «νύχτα», ενώ οι φωνητικές τους διαφορές αποδίδονται σε γλωσσικό ταμπού].
Frisk Etymology German
ψέφας: (Pi.Fr. 324, H.),
{pséphas}
Forms: auch ψέφος (H., coni. Lobeck pro ψόφου, σκότου Alk. Z 114)
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Dunkel, Finsternis
Composita: mit ψεφοειδής = ψεφαρός (Gal.), ψεφαυγοῦς· σκοτεινῆς H.,
Derivative: ψεφαῖος = σκοτεινός H., ψεφηνός (Pi. Ν. 3, 41; -εννός Porson, -εινός Bergk), ψεφαρός (Hp. ap. Gal.) dunkel, finster, wolkig. Unsicher ψάφα· κνέφας und σεῖφα· σκοτία. Κρῆτες H.
Etymology: Reimwort zu κνέφας, s.d. m. weiterer Lit.; dazu noch Mayrhofer s. kṣáp und IF 70, 249.
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Translations
darkness
Abkhaz: алашьцара; Albanian: terr, errësirë, mugëtirë; Arabic: ظَلَام, ظُلْمَة; South Levantine Arabic: عتمة; Armenian: խավար, մթություն; Aromanian: ãntunearic, ntunearic, scutidi; Asturian: escuridá; Azerbaijani: qaranlıq, zülmət; Belarusian: цемра, змрок; Bulgarian: мрак, тъмнина; Catalan: foscor; Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⵍⴰⵙⵜ; Cherokee: ᎤᎳᏏᎬᎢ; Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗; Czech: tma, temnota; Danish: mørke; Dutch: duisternis, donkerheid; Esperanto: mallumo; Estonian: pimedus; Ewe: viviti; Finnish: pimeys; French: obscurité, ténèbres, sombreur, noirceur; Galician: escuridade, tebras, mourén, foscume, escureza, calixen; Georgian: სიბნელე, წყვდიადი, უკუნეთი; German: Dunkelheit, Finsternis; Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃; Greek: σκοτάδι, έρεβος, ζόφος; Ancient Greek: ἀμυδρά, γνόφος, δνόφος, ἔρεβος, Ἔρεβος, ζόφος, κνέφας, ὄρφνη, σκοτασμός, σκοτεινόν, σκοτεινότης, σκοτία, σκότος, σκοτωδία, ψέφας, ψέφος; Haitian Creole: fènwa; Hebrew: אֲפֵלָה, חֹשֶׁךְ, עֲלָטָה; Hindi: अंधेरा, अन्धेरा; Hungarian: sötétség; Hunsrik: tunkelheet; Icelandic: myrkur, dimma, nifl, ljósleysa; Ido: tenebro; Indonesian: kegelapan; Istriot: tienabre; Italian: buio, oscurità, tenebre; Japanese: 闇, 暗黒; Javanese: pepeteng; Kapampangan: kedalumduman; Kazakh: қараңғылық, түнек; Khmer: ភាពងងឹត; Korean: 암흑(暗黑), 어두움); Kurdish Central Kurdish: تاریکی; Latgalian: timss, tymsums; Latin: tenebrae, caligo, obscuritas, nox; Latvian: tumsa; Lithuanian: tamsa; Lombard: scur; Luxembourgish: Däischtert, Donkelheet; Macedonian: темнина, мрак; Malagasy: ny maìzina; Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട്; Maltese: dlam; Maori: hinapouri, taipouri, whēuriuri; Marathi: अंधार; Middle English: derknesse; Mongolian: харанхуй; Mwani: kisi; Navajo: chahałheeł; Ngazidja Comorian: hidza class Northern Sami: seavdnjat, seavdnjadas; Norwegian Bokmål: mørke; Nynorsk: mørker, mørke; Occitan: foscor; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: тьма; Old English: þīestru; Oromo: dukkana; Persian: تیرگی, تاریکی; Polish: ciemność, mrok; Portuguese: escuridão, trevas; Punjabi Shahmukhi: ہَنیر, ہَنیرا; Quechua: laqha; Romagnol: bur; Romanian: întuneric, întunecime; Russian: темнота, тьма, мрак, потёмки; Sanskrit: रजस्, ध्वान्त, अन्धकार, तमस्; Scottish Gaelic: dubhar, dorchadas, dubh; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: тама; Roman: tama, tamnoća, mračnina, mračnost; Slovak: tma, temnota; Slovene: tema; Somali: mugddi; Spanish: oscuridad; Sumerian: 𒂿, 𒋯, 𒌖, 𒀯𒅊, 𒍪𒈬𒊌, 𒌓𒄷𒄭; Swedish: mörker; Tagalog: kadiliman; Tamil: இருள்; Telugu: చీకటి, అంధకారము; Thai: ความมืด; Tibetan: མུན་པ; Tocharian B: orkamo; Tok Pisin: tudak; Turkish: karanlık; Udi: беъиънкъ, байинкъ; Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎄𐎂𐎚; Ukrainian: темрява, тьма, морок, темнота, темнота; Urdu: اندھیرا; Vietnamese: bóng tối; Welsh: tywyllwch; West Frisian: tsjusternis; Yiddish: פֿינצטערניש or; Yoruba: òkùnkùn; Yámana: akuš