πλῆσμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλῆμα (plêma), πλεῖμα (pleîma)

Etymology

From πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill, satisfy”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛ̂ːz.ma/ → /ˈpliz.ma/ → /ˈpliz.ma/

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

Noun

πλῆσμᾰ • (plêsma) n (genitive πλήσμᾰτος); third declension

1. (of animals) impregnation
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.23
2. being filled, satiety, saturation

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πλῆσμᾰ; τοῦ πλήσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλῆσμᾰ tò plêsma	τὼ πλήσμᾰτε tṑ plḗsmate	τᾰ̀ πλήσμᾰτᾰ tà plḗsmata
Genitive	τοῦ πλήσμᾰτος toû plḗsmatos	τοῖν πλησμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēsmátoin	τῶν πλησμᾰ́των tôn plēsmátōn
Dative	τῷ πλήσμᾰτῐ tôi plḗsmati	τοῖν πλησμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēsmátoin	τοῖς πλήσμᾰσῐ / πλήσμᾰσῐν toîs plḗsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλῆσμᾰ tò plêsma	τὼ πλήσμᾰτε tṑ plḗsmate	τᾰ̀ πλήσμᾰτᾰ tà plḗsmata
Vocative	πλῆσμᾰ plêsma	πλήσμᾰτε plḗsmate	πλήσμᾰτᾰ plḗsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πλῆσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλῆσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πλῆσμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011