βλάστημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blás.tɛː.ma/ → /ˈβlas.ti.ma/ → /ˈvlas.ti.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blás.tɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈblas.te̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβlas.ti.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.ti.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.ti.ma/

Noun

βλάστημᾰ • (blástēmă) n (genitive βλαστήμᾰτος); third declension

1. sprout, shoot
2. offspring, offshoot
3. (pathology) excrescence, eruption on the skin

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βλάστημᾰ; τοῦ βλαστήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλάστημᾰ tò blástēmă	τὼ βλαστήμᾰτε tṑ blastḗmăte	τᾰ̀ βλαστήμᾰτᾰ tằ blastḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ βλαστήμᾰτος toû blastḗmătos	τοῖν βλαστημᾰ́τοιν toîn blastēmắtoin	τῶν βλαστημᾰ́των tôn blastēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ βλαστήμᾰτῐ tôi blastḗmătĭ	τοῖν βλαστημᾰ́τοιν toîn blastēmắtoin	τοῖς βλαστήμᾰσῐ / βλαστήμᾰσῐν toîs blastḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βλάστημᾰ tò blástēmă	τὼ βλαστήμᾰτε tṑ blastḗmăte	τᾰ̀ βλαστήμᾰτᾰ tằ blastḗmătă
Vocative	βλάστημᾰ blástēmă	βλαστήμᾰτε blastḗmăte	βλαστήμᾰτᾰ blastḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: blastema

Further reading

• “βλάστημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλάστημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλάστημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)