φάσμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light, to cause to appear”) + -μα (-ma, nominal suffix) with -σ- from analogy to other -αίνω : -ασμα or from φάσις (phásis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰáz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰaz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸaz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfaz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfaz.ma/
Noun
[edit]φάσμα • (phásma) n (genitive φάσματος); third declension
- Apparition, phantom.
- φάσμα ἀνθρώπου ― phásma anthrṓpou ― spectral appearance of a man
- Appearance, phenomenon.
- (shows, mysteries) Images or types of realities.
- Sign from heaven, portent, omen.
- Monster, prodigy.
- φάσμα ταύρου ― phásma taúrou ― a monster of a bull
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φά̆σμᾰ tò phásma |
τὼ φᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ phásmate |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà phásmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́σμᾰτος toû phásmatos |
τοῖν φᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn phasmátoin |
τῶν φᾰσμᾰ́των tôn phasmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi phásmati |
τοῖν φᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn phasmátoin |
τοῖς φᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / φᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs phásmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φά̆σμᾰ tò phásma |
τὼ φᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ phásmate |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà phásmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | φά̆σμᾰ phásma |
φᾰ́σμᾰτε phásmate |
φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ phásmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “φάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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