κτίσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κτίζω (ktízō, “to found, to build”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktíz.ma/ → /ˈktiz.ma/ → /ˈktiz.ma/

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

Noun

κτίσμᾰ • (ktísmă) n (genitive κτίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. colony, foundation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ; τοῦ κτῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ tò ktĭ́smă	τὼ κτῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ ktĭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ktĭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ κτῐ́σμᾰτος toû ktĭ́smătos	τοῖν κτῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ktĭsmắtoin	τῶν κτῐσμᾰ́των tôn ktĭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κτῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi ktĭ́smătĭ	τοῖν κτῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ktĭsmắtoin	τοῖς κτῐ́σμᾰσῐ / κτῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ktĭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ tò ktĭ́smă	τὼ κτῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ ktĭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ktĭ́smătă
Vocative	κτῐ́σμᾰ ktĭ́smă	κτῐ́σμᾰτε ktĭ́smăte	κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ ktĭ́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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

Greek

Alternative forms

• χτίσμα n (chtísma)

Noun

κτίσμα • (ktísma) n (plural κτίσματα)

1. building, construction
2. creation

Declension

Declension of κτίσμα

	singular	plural
nominative	κτίσμα (ktísma)	κτίσματα (ktísmata)
genitive	κτίσματος (ktísmatos)	κτισμάτων (ktismáton)
accusative	κτίσμα (ktísma)	κτίσματα (ktísmata)
vocative	κτίσμα (ktísma)	κτίσματα (ktísmata)