μέλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μελαίνω (melaínō, “to blacken”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.laz.ma/ → /ˈme.laz.ma/ → /ˈme.laz.ma/

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

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Noun

μέλασμᾰ • (mélasmă) n (genitive μελάσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A black or livid spot
   1. A black hair dye
   2. The solid ink in a pencil
   3. (in the plural) spots in the moon

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μέλασμᾰ; τοῦ μελάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μέλασμᾰ tò mélasmă	τὼ μελάσμᾰτε tṑ melásmăte	τᾰ̀ μελάσμᾰτᾰ tằ melásmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μελάσμᾰτος toû melásmătos	τοῖν μελασμᾰ́τοιν toîn melasmắtoin	τῶν μελασμᾰ́των tôn melasmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μελάσμᾰτῐ tôi melásmătĭ	τοῖν μελασμᾰ́τοιν toîn melasmắtoin	τοῖς μελάσμᾰσῐ / μελάσμᾰσῐν toîs melásmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μέλασμᾰ tò mélasmă	τὼ μελάσμᾰτε tṑ melásmăte	τᾰ̀ μελάσμᾰτᾰ tằ melásmătă
Vocative	μέλασμᾰ mélasmă	μελάσμᾰτε melásmăte	μελάσμᾰτᾰ melásmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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