γέλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.laz.ma/ → /ˈʝe.laz.ma/ → /ˈʝe.laz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.laz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.laz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.laz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.laz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.laz.ma/

Noun

γέλασμᾰ • (gélasmă) n (genitive γελάσμᾰτος); third declension

1. smile
2. cause of laughter

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ γέλασμᾰ; τοῦ γελάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γέλασμᾰ tò gélasmă	τὼ γελάσμᾰτε tṑ gelásmăte	τᾰ̀ γελάσμᾰτᾰ tằ gelásmătă
Genitive	τοῦ γελάσμᾰτος toû gelásmătos	τοῖν γελασμᾰ́τοιν toîn gelasmắtoin	τῶν γελασμᾰ́των tôn gelasmắtōn
Dative	τῷ γελάσμᾰτῐ tôi gelásmătĭ	τοῖν γελασμᾰ́τοιν toîn gelasmắtoin	τοῖς γελάσμᾰσῐ / γελάσμᾰσῐν toîs gelásmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ γέλασμᾰ tò gélasmă	τὼ γελάσμᾰτε tṑ gelásmăte	τᾰ̀ γελάσμᾰτᾰ tằ gelásmătă
Vocative	γέλασμᾰ gélasmă	γελάσμᾰτε gelásmăte	γελάσμᾰτᾰ gelásmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: gelasma

Further reading

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