δρᾶμα

See also: δράμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δράω (dráō) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drâː.ma/ → /ˈðra.ma/ → /ˈðra.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drâː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðra.ma/

Noun

δρᾶμᾰ • (drâmă) n (genitive δρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. a deed, act
2. one of the three types of ancient Greek poetry (the other two are epic and lyric poetry)
3. a play, an action represented on the stage (a tragedy, a comedy, or a satyr play)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δρᾶμᾰ; τοῦ δρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâmă	τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́măte	τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ drā́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾱ́μᾰτος toû drā́mătos	τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmắtoin	τῶν δρᾱμᾰ́των tôn drāmắtōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi drā́mătĭ	τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmắtoin	τοῖς δρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / δρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs drā́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâmă	τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́măte	τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ drā́mătă
Vocative	δρᾶμᾰ drâmă	δρᾱ́μᾰτε drā́măte	δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ drā́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δραματικός (dramatikós)
• δραμάτιον (dramátion)
• δραματοποιέω (dramatopoiéō)
• δραματοποιΐα (dramatopoiḯa)
• δραματουργέω (dramatourgéō)
• δραματούργημα (dramatoúrgēma)
• δραματουργία (dramatourgía)
• δραματουργός (dramatourgós)

Descendants

• Greek: δράμα (dráma)
• → Georgian: დრამა (drama)
• → Hebrew: דרמה (drama)
• → Late Latin: drāma (see there for further descendants)

References

• “δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δρᾶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δρᾶμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • drama idem, page 250.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • piece idem, page 611.
  • play idem, page 618.
  • representation idem, page 697.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “drama”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.