μάλαγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαλάσσω (malássō, “to mollify, to knead”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.laŋ.ma/ → /ˈma.laɣ.ma/ → /ˈma.laɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.laŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/

Noun

μάλαγμᾰ • (málagma) n (genitive μᾰλάγμᾰτος); third declension

1. (medicine) An emollient, a cataplasm
2. A padding used in sieges to blunt the force of engines and weapons

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ; τοῦ μᾰλάγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ tò málagma	τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε tṑ malágmate	τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ tà malágmata
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰλάγμᾰτος toû malágmatos	τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn malagmátoin	τῶν μᾰλαγμᾰ́των tôn malagmátōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰλάγμᾰτῐ tôi malágmati	τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn malagmátoin	τοῖς μᾰλάγμᾰσῐ / μᾰλάγμᾰσῐν toîs malágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ tò málagma	τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε tṑ malágmate	τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ tà malágmata
Vocative	μᾰ́λαγμᾰ málagma	μᾰλάγμᾰτε malágmate	μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ malágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μάλαμα (málama)
• → Arabic: مَلْغَم (malḡam)
  • → Medieval Latin: amalgama (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: ملغمه (malğame)
    • → Turkish: malgama / ملغمه
• → Latin: malagma
• Hebrew: מלוגמא/מלוגמה (m'logma/m'lugma, “remedy, medicine”)

Further reading

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