πτύγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτύσσω (ptússō, “I fold”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýŋ.ma/ → /ˈptyɣ.ma/ → /ˈptiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

πτύγμᾰ • (ptúgma) n (genitive πτύγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A fold or anything folded
   1. (medicine) A pledget

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πτῠ́γμᾰ; τοῦ πτῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτῠ́γμᾰ tò ptúgma	τὼ πτῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ ptúgmate	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà ptúgmata
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠ́γμᾰτος toû ptúgmatos	τοῖν πτῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptugmátoin	τῶν πτῠγμᾰ́των tôn ptugmátōn
Dative	τῷ πτῠ́γμᾰτῐ tôi ptúgmati	τοῖν πτῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptugmátoin	τοῖς πτῠ́γμᾰσῐ / πτῠ́γμᾰσῐν toîs ptúgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πτῠ́γμᾰ tò ptúgma	τὼ πτῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ ptúgmate	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà ptúgmata
Vocative	πτῠ́γμᾰ ptúgma	πτῠ́γμᾰτε ptúgmate	πτῠ́γμᾰτᾰ ptúgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ανάπτυγμα n (anáptygma, “development”)

Further reading

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