διασπασμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰσπᾰ́ω (dĭăspắō, “to tear asunder”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.as.paz.mós/ → /ði.as.pazˈmos/ → /ði.as.pazˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.as.paz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.as.pazˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/

Noun

δῐᾰσπᾰσμός • (dĭăspăsmós) m (genitive δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ); second declension

1. tearing in pieces, complete severance
2. (in the plural) interruption, interval
3. (figuratively) distraction

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δῐᾰσπᾰσμός; τοῦ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐᾰσπᾰσμός ho dĭăspăsmós	τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ dĭăspăsmṓ	οἱ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί hoi dĭăspăsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ toû dĭăspăsmoû	τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn dĭăspăsmoîn	τῶν δῐᾰσπᾰσμῶν tôn dĭăspăsmôn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰσπᾰσμῷ tôi dĭăspăsmôi	τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn dĭăspăsmoîn	τοῖς δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖς toîs dĭăspăsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν δῐᾰσπᾰσμόν tòn dĭăspăsmón	τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ dĭăspăsmṓ	τοὺς δῐᾰσπᾰσμούς toùs dĭăspăsmoús
Vocative	δῐᾰσπᾰσμέ dĭăspăsmé	δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ dĭăspăsmṓ	δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί dĭăspăsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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