βράσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βράζω (brázō, “to boil”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bráz.ma/ → /ˈβraz.ma/ → /ˈvraz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bráz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbraz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβraz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvraz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvraz.ma/

Noun

βράσμᾰ • (brásmă) n (genitive βράσμᾰτος); third declension

1. boiling
2. A shaking motion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ; τοῦ βρᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ tò brắsmă	τὼ βρᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ brắsmăte	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ brắsmătă
Genitive	τοῦ βρᾰ́σμᾰτος toû brắsmătos	τοῖν βρᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn brăsmắtoin	τῶν βρᾰσμᾰ́των tôn brăsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ βρᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi brắsmătĭ	τοῖν βρᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn brăsmắtoin	τοῖς βρᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / βρᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs brắsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ tò brắsmă	τὼ βρᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ brắsmăte	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ brắsmătă
Vocative	βρᾰ́σμᾰ brắsmă	βρᾰ́σμᾰτε brắsmăte	βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ brắsmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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