βδέσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βδέω (bdéō, “I break wind”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bdéz.ma/ → /ˈβðez.ma/ → /ˈvðez.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bdéz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbdez.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβðez.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvðez.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvðez.ma/

Noun

βδέσμᾰ • (bdésmă) n (genitive βδέσμᾰτος); third declension

1. stench

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βδέσμᾰ; τοῦ βδέσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésmă	τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmăte	τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ bdésmătă
Genitive	τοῦ βδέσμᾰτος toû bdésmătos	τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmắtoin	τῶν βδεσμᾰ́των tôn bdesmắtōn
Dative	τῷ βδέσμᾰτῐ tôi bdésmătĭ	τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmắtoin	τοῖς βδέσμᾰσῐ / βδέσμᾰσῐν toîs bdésmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésmă	τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmăte	τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ bdésmătă
Vocative	βδέσμᾰ bdésmă	βδέσμᾰτε bdésmăte	βδέσμᾰτᾰ bdésmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βδέσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βδέσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette