πλάτυσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλᾰτῠ́νω (plătŭ́nō, “to widen”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.tyz.ma/ → /ˈpla.tyz.ma/ → /ˈpla.tiz.ma/

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

Noun

πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ • (plắtŭsmă) n (genitive πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. flat object, such as a tile, plate, plaster, etc.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ; τοῦ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ tò plắtŭsmă	τὼ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ plătŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ plătŭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος toû plătŭ́smătos	τοῖν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn plătŭsmắtoin	τῶν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́των tôn plătŭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi plătŭ́smătĭ	τοῖν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn plătŭsmắtoin	τοῖς πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs plătŭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ tò plắtŭsmă	τὼ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ plătŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ plătŭ́smătă
Vocative	πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ plắtŭsmă	πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε plătŭ́smăte	πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ plătŭ́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τῐον (plătŭsmắtĭon, diminutive)

Descendants

• → New Latin: platysma
  • → English: platysma

Further reading

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