psalterion
UK/sɒlˈtɪəriɒn/US/sɔlˈtɪriɑn/
psalterion noun: synonym of psaltery.
Noun
psalterion (plural psalterions)
- Synonym of psaltery.
- All ſubſtantiues endyng in on, hauyng i cõmyng next before on, be of tbe femyne gendre: Excepte Millyón a myllion⸝ eſcorpión a ſcorpyon a ſarpent⸝ ueſpilión a holy water ſpricle^([sic])⸝ eſtovrgión a ſturgion fiſhe⸝ psalterión a psaltrion […]1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “To Know the Gendre of All Substantyues Endyng in N”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […]...
- Notker, in the ninth century, says that the rotta (or chrotta) was derived from the psalterion — the ancient psalterion, as he even at that early time calls it.1864, William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster, chapter II, in The History of the Violin […] , London: William Reeves, →OCLC, page 21
- Synonyms:
- psaltery
Synonyms of psalterion
Forms of psalterion
| plural | psalterions |
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Origin of psalterion
Borrowed from Middle French psalterion, from Old French salterion, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), probably through Latin psalterium. Doublet of psalter, psalterium, and psaltery.
Questions about psalterion
- What does psalterion mean?
- Psalterion means synonym of psaltery.
- What part of speech is psalterion?
- Psalterion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psalterion?
- Psalterion is pronounced /sɒlˈtɪəriɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psalterion?
- The plural of psalterion is psalterions.
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