θλάσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θλάω (thláō, “I crush, I bruise”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰláz.ma/ → /ˈθlaz.ma/ → /ˈθlaz.ma/

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

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Noun

θλάσμᾰ • (thlásmă) n (genitive θλάσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A bruise, a contusion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ; τοῦ θλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ tò thlắsmă	τὼ θλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ thlắsmăte	τᾰ̀ θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ thlắsmătă
Genitive	τοῦ θλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû thlắsmătos	τοῖν θλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn thlăsmắtoin	τῶν θλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn thlăsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ θλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi thlắsmătĭ	τοῖν θλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn thlăsmắtoin	τοῖς θλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / θλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs thlắsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ tò thlắsmă	τὼ θλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ thlắsmăte	τᾰ̀ θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ thlắsmătă
Vocative	θλᾰ́σμᾰ thlắsmă	θλᾰ́σμᾰτε thlắsmăte	θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ thlắsmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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