βλάμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́πτω (bláptō, “to harm, injure”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blám.ma/ → /ˈβlam.ma/ → /ˈvla.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blám.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈblam.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβlam.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvlam.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvla.ma/

Noun

βλᾰ́μμᾰ • (blámma) n (genitive βλᾰ́μμᾰτος); third declension

1. harm, damage

   Synonym: βλᾰ́βη (blábē)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ; τοῦ βλᾰ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ tò blámma	τὼ βλᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ blámmate	τᾰ̀ βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tà blámmata
Genitive	τοῦ βλᾰ́μμᾰτος toû blámmatos	τοῖν βλᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn blammátoin	τῶν βλᾰμμᾰ́των tôn blammátōn
Dative	τῷ βλᾰ́μμᾰτῐ tôi blámmati	τοῖν βλᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn blammátoin	τοῖς βλᾰ́μμᾰσῐ / βλᾰ́μμᾰσῐν toîs blámmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ tò blámma	τὼ βλᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ blámmate	τᾰ̀ βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tà blámmata
Vocative	βλᾰ́μμᾰ blámma	βλᾰ́μμᾰτε blámmate	βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ blámmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βλάμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλάμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλάμμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)