βλάμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́πτω (blắptō, “to harm, injure”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

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 • (blắmmă) n (genitive βλᾰ́μμᾰτος); third declension

1. harm, damage

   Synonym: βλᾰ́βη (blắbē)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ; τοῦ βλᾰ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ tò blắmmă	τὼ βλᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ blắmmăte	τᾰ̀ βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ blắmmătă
Genitive	τοῦ βλᾰ́μμᾰτος toû blắmmătos	τοῖν βλᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn blămmắtoin	τῶν βλᾰμμᾰ́των tôn blămmắtōn
Dative	τῷ βλᾰ́μμᾰτῐ tôi blắmmătĭ	τοῖν βλᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn blămmắtoin	τοῖς βλᾰ́μμᾰσῐ / βλᾰ́μμᾰσῐν toîs blắmmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βλᾰ́μμᾰ tò blắmmă	τὼ βλᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ blắmmăte	τᾰ̀ βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ blắmmătă
Vocative	βλᾰ́μμᾰ blắmmă	βλᾰ́μμᾰτε blắmmăte	βλᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ blắmmătă
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 (2006–2025)