upsila

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === upsila A species epithet. === References === upsila at the Catalogue of Life upsila at Index to Organism Names == English == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλά (û psilá), plural construction of ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón). === Noun === upsila pl plural of upsilon 1991, Jaan Puhvel, Hittite Etymological Dictionary: Words beginning with H (Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 303–304 Gk. ῦει ‘to rain’ may represent either *sE₂uH₂-ye- or *E₂uH₂-ye- (spiritus asper being automatic on initial upsila), thus a -ye/o- derivative (stative like e. g. χαίρω?) from the zero grade of the root stem seen in Toch. A 3 pl. swiñc < *sE₂uH₂-énti. 1994, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen [ed.], Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Papyrologists, Copenhagen, 23–29 August, 1992 (Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 286 Inconsistent letter forms: e.g. upsila in 1.2; kappas in 1.7; long rho in πρωτον vs. short rho in ημετερα; epsila in επελθω. === Anagrams === pilaus