διάψαλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, “apart”) +‎ ψᾰ́λμᾰ (psắlmă, “psalm”); hence literally “apart from the psalm”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áp.sal.ma/ → /ðiˈap.sal.ma/ → /ðiˈap.sal.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áp.sal.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈap.sal.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ • (dĭắpsălmă) n (genitive δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος); third declension

1. (music) musical interlude

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ tò dĭắpsălmă	τὼ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ dĭăpsắlmăte	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ dĭăpsắlmătă
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû dĭăpsắlmătos	τοῖν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn dĭăpsălmắtoin	τῶν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn dĭăpsălmắtōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi dĭăpsắlmătĭ	τοῖν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn dĭăpsălmắtoin	τοῖς δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs dĭăpsắlmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ tò dĭắpsălmă	τὼ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ dĭăpsắlmăte	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ dĭăpsắlmătă
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ dĭắpsălmă	δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε dĭăpsắlmăte	δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ dĭăpsắlmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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